org.apache.james.userrepository
Class DefaultUser

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.james.userrepository.DefaultUser

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, User

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultJamesUser

public class DefaultUser
extends java.lang.Object
implements User, java.io.Serializable

Implementation of User Interface. Instances of this class do not allow the the user name to be reset.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 494012 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DefaultUser(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String hashAlg)
Standard constructor.

DefaultUser(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String passwordHash, java.lang.String hashAlg)
Constructor for repositories that are construcing user objects from separate fields, e.g.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.String	getHashAlgorithm() Method to access the hashing algorithm of the password.
protected java.lang.String	getHashedPassword() Method to access hash of password
java.lang.String	getUserName() Accessor for immutable name
boolean	setPassword(java.lang.String newPass) Sets new password from String.
boolean	verifyPassword(java.lang.String pass) Method to verify passwords.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultUser

public DefaultUser(java.lang.String name,
                   java.lang.String hashAlg)

Standard constructor.

Parameters:

name - the String name of this user

hashAlg - the algorithm used to generate the hash of the password

DefaultUser

public DefaultUser(java.lang.String name,
                   java.lang.String passwordHash,
                   java.lang.String hashAlg)

Constructor for repositories that are construcing user objects from separate fields, e.g. databases.

Parameters:

name - the String name of this user

passwordHash - the String hash of this users current password

hashAlg - the String algorithm used to generate the hash of the password

Method Detail

getUserName

public java.lang.String getUserName()

Accessor for immutable name

Specified by:

getUserName in interface User

Returns:

the String of this users name

verifyPassword

public boolean verifyPassword(java.lang.String pass)

Method to verify passwords.

Specified by:

verifyPassword in interface User

Parameters:

pass - the String that is claimed to be the password for this user

Returns:

true if the hash of pass with the current algorithm matches the stored hash.

setPassword

public boolean setPassword(java.lang.String newPass)

Sets new password from String. No checks made on guessability of password.

Specified by:

setPassword in interface User

Parameters:

newPass - the String that is the new password.

Returns:

true if newPass successfuly hashed

getHashedPassword

protected java.lang.String getHashedPassword()

Method to access hash of password

Returns:

the String of the hashed Password

getHashAlgorithm

protected java.lang.String getHashAlgorithm()

Method to access the hashing algorithm of the password.

Returns:

the name of the hashing algorithm used for this user's password