atg.security
Interface Account

All Superinterfaces:

AccountTypes

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClientAccount, GenericAccount, LDAPRepositoryAccount, RepositoryAccount

public interface Account
extends AccountTypes

An account, the persistent information associated with a Persona. These are similar to user profiles but are simplified for use by user-management GUIs.

See Also:

Persona, AccountManager

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

CLASS_VERSION

Fields inherited from interface atg.security.AccountTypes

ANY_ACCOUNT, GROUP_ACCOUNT, LOGIN_ACCOUNT, PRIVILEGE_ACCOUNT

Method Summary

void	addGroup(java.lang.String newGroupName) Makes this account a member of a new group.
AccountManager	getAccountManager() Returns the account manager associated with this account.
java.lang.String	getAccountName() Returns the name of the account.
int	getAccountType() Returns the account type.
java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName) Retrieves the string value of a given attribute.
java.util.Map	getAttributes() Retrieves a mapping of all defined attributes and their values from the account.
java.util.Iterator	listGroups() Returns an enumeration of the groups that this account is a member of.
java.util.Iterator	listMembers() If this Account is a group, return the names of the members of the group.
void	removeGroup(java.lang.String groupName) Removes a group from the set of groups that this account is a member of.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName, java.lang.String newValue) Changes the value of a given attribute.
void	setAttributes(java.util.Map newAttributes) Changes the values of a set of account attributes.
void	setGroups(java.lang.String[] newGroups) Makes this account a member of a set of groups.

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

static final java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getAccountManager

AccountManager getAccountManager()

Returns the account manager associated with this account.

getAccountName

java.lang.String getAccountName()

Returns the name of the account. This is usually either a login name or a group name.

getAccountType

int getAccountType()

Returns the account type.

See Also:

AccountTypes

getAttribute

java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName)

Retrieves the string value of a given attribute.

Parameters:

attributeName - The name of the desired attribute.

getAttributes

java.util.Map getAttributes()

Retrieves a mapping of all defined attributes and their values from the account.

setAttribute

void setAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName,
                  java.lang.String newValue)
                  throws InvalidAttributeException

Changes the value of a given attribute.

Parameters:

attributeName - The name of the attribute to change.

newValue - The new value to give to the attribute. If this value is null, the attribute is removed.

Throws:

InvalidAttributeException

setAttributes

void setAttributes(java.util.Map newAttributes)
                   throws InvalidAttributeException

Changes the values of a set of account attributes. The mapping may contain a subset of existing attribute values; only those attributes that are present in the mapping are changed, and none are removed.

Parameters:

newAttributes - The set of attributes to change, and their associated values.

Throws:

InvalidAttributeException

listGroups

java.util.Iterator listGroups()

Returns an enumeration of the groups that this account is a member of.

addGroup

void addGroup(java.lang.String newGroupName)
              throws NoSuchAccountException,
                     PermissionDeniedException

Makes this account a member of a new group.

Parameters:

newGroupName - The name of the group to add membership to.

Throws:

NoSuchAccountException - Indicates that the specified group does not exist.

PermissionDeniedException

setGroups

void setGroups(java.lang.String[] newGroups)
               throws NoSuchAccountException,
                      PermissionDeniedException

Makes this account a member of a set of groups.

Parameters:

newGroups - An array of names of groups to remove membership from.

Throws:

NoSuchAccountException - Indicates that a specified group does not exist.

PermissionDeniedException

removeGroup

void removeGroup(java.lang.String groupName)
                 throws NoSuchAccountException,
                        PermissionDeniedException

Removes a group from the set of groups that this account is a member of.

Parameters:

groupName - The name of the group to remove membership from.

Throws:

NoSuchAccountException - Indicates that the account is not a member of the group.

PermissionDeniedException

listMembers

java.util.Iterator listMembers()

If this Account is a group, return the names of the members of the group. (Note that there is no way to add members to the group; rather, you add the group to the account and it automagically becomes a member.)