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Class w3c.jigsaw.auth.AuthUser 

java.lang.Object
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   +----w3c.tools.store.AttributeHolder
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           +----w3c.tools.store.Resource
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                   +----w3c.jigsaw.auth.AuthUser
public class AuthUser
extends Resource
The basic description of a user. A user is defined by the following set of attributes: its name, its email adress, some comments. Than it can have either an IP adress, and/or a password.

If an IP adress is provided, the user will be authentified by its incoming connection IP address. Moreover, if a password is provided, before being authentified, the client will be challenged for it.

Finally a user can be registered in any number of groups.

Variable Index

o ATTR_COMMENTS
Attribute index - The comments for this user.
o ATTR_EMAIL
Attribute index - The email adress of the user.
o ATTR_GROUPS
Attribute index - The list of groups this user belongs to.
o ATTR_IPADDR
Attribute index - The IP adress of the user.
o ATTR_PASSWORD
Attribute index - The optional password for the user.

Constructor Index

o AuthUser()

Method Index

o getComments()
Get the user associated comments.
o getEmail()
Get the user email address.
o getGroups()
Get the user groups.
o getIPTemplates()
Get the user IP templates.
o getName()
Get this user's name.
o getPassword()
Get the user password.
o makeUser(String)
Create a new user.
o setPassword(String)
Set a new password for this user.

Variables

o ATTR_EMAIL 
 protected static int ATTR_EMAIL
Attribute index - The email adress of the user.

o ATTR_COMMENTS 
 protected static int ATTR_COMMENTS
Attribute index - The comments for this user.

o ATTR_IPADDR 
 protected static int ATTR_IPADDR
Attribute index - The IP adress of the user.

o ATTR_PASSWORD 
 protected static int ATTR_PASSWORD
Attribute index - The optional password for the user.

o ATTR_GROUPS 
 protected static int ATTR_GROUPS
Attribute index - The list of groups this user belongs to.

Constructors

o AuthUser 
 public AuthUser()

Methods

o getName 
 public String getName()
Get this user's name. We use the resource identifier as the user name here.

o getEmail 
 public String getEmail()
Get the user email address.

o getComments 
 public String getComments()
Get the user associated comments.

o getIPTemplates 
 public short[][] getIPTemplates()
Get the user IP templates.

o getPassword 
 public String getPassword()
Get the user password.

o setPassword 
 public void setPassword(String passwd)
Set a new password for this user.

Parameters:
passwd - The new user's password.
o getGroups 
 public String[] getGroups()
Get the user groups.

o makeUser 
 public static AuthUser makeUser(String name)
Create a new user.

Parameters:
name - The user's name. 
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