com.buckosoft.BSAccount

Interface BSAccountMan

All Known Implementing Classes:

BSAccountManImpl

public interface BSAccountMan

This Interface is the API into the BuckoSoft Account Manager. This API deals in BSAccount objects.

Author:

dick

See Also:

BSAccount

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BSAccount	getAccount(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) Get a user account, given his username and password.
long	getAppJumper(BSAccount account) Given a logged in account, return a key that can be used by another app to retrieve this logged in account.
java.lang.String	getAppName()
BSAccountUser	getNewUser() Create a new anonymous BSAccountUSer
BSAccountUser	getUser(BSAccount account)
BSAccountUserWebSession	getUserWebSession(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
boolean	isUserWebSession(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
void	setAppName(java.lang.String appName)

Method Detail

getUserWebSession

BSAccountUserWebSession getUserWebSession(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

isUserWebSession

boolean isUserWebSession(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

getAccount

BSAccount getAccount(java.lang.String username,
                     java.lang.String password)

Get a user account, given his username and password. This effectively logs the user in.

Parameters:

username - His registered BuckoSoft username

password - The cleartext password that the user typed in. NB: BSAccount passwords are encrypted in the database.

Returns:

The user's BSAccount or not if username and password don't match the one in the system.

getUser

BSAccountUser getUser(BSAccount account)

getNewUser

BSAccountUser getNewUser()

Create a new anonymous BSAccountUSer

Returns:

The new user

getAppName

java.lang.String getAppName()

setAppName

void setAppName(java.lang.String appName)

getAppJumper

long getAppJumper(BSAccount account)

Given a logged in account, return a key that can be used by another app to retrieve this logged in account. This is used by BSAccountMan to

Parameters:

account - The BSAccount that wants to jump apps

Returns:

A random number or 0 if the account is not logged in