org.janux.bus.security
Interface Account

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, PermissionsCapable, Persistent

public interface Account
extends Persistent, PermissionsCapable, Comparable

Represents a login account in the application, could also have been called a User or a Principal, see more below.

Note that what we call an Account here is what many applications call a 'User'. We chose to use the term 'Account' because we believe that the semantics of the term 'User' are closer to those of a Person or Organization, which are represented by the biz.janux.people.Party interface and its sub-interfaces and implementing classes. If necessary, the Person or Organization that 'owns' the Account can be referenced by the getParty field. Thus, the user can be considered to be the Party for whom the Account was created, although in many cases such a Party may not be a Person or may not even exist (such as is the case for a 'system' account).

In an Authentication and Authorization context, another term for an Account is a Principal representing an identity (the account name) and a set of credentials auntenticating that identity (a password, or digital certificate). We chose the term Account because we feel it is most accessible to every day business people than the more technical term Principal.

Since:

0.1

Author:

Philippe Paravicini

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.janux.bus.persistence.Persistent

UNSAVED_ID

Method Summary

Date	getExpiration() if not null, the date of expiration of the account
String	getName() A unique name that identifies this Account - returns the same value as the getUsername inherited frmo the UserDetails interface
Date	getPasswordExpiration() if not null, the date of expiration of the password
List<Role>	getRoles() The Roles that have been granted to this Account
Set<AccountSetting>	getSettings() This Account's settings, if any
void	setAccountNonLocked(boolean b) unlocks account
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled) indicates whether the account is valid and can be used
void	setExpiration(Date date)
void	setName(String name)
void	setPassword(String password) A password that can be used for password authentication
void	setPasswordExpiration(Date date)
void	setRoles(List<Role> roles)
void	setSettings(Set<AccountSetting> settings)

Methods inherited from interface org.janux.bus.persistence.Persistent

getId, setId

Methods inherited from interface org.janux.bus.security.PermissionsCapable

denyPermissions, getPermissionContexts, getPermissions, getPermissionsValue, grantPermissions, hasPermissions, hasPermissions, hasPermissions

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

A unique name that identifies this Account - returns the same value as the getUsername inherited frmo the UserDetails interface

setName

void setName(String name)

setPassword

void setPassword(String password)

A password that can be used for password authentication

setEnabled

void setEnabled(boolean enabled)

indicates whether the account is valid and can be used

setAccountNonLocked

void setAccountNonLocked(boolean b)

unlocks account

getExpiration

Date getExpiration()

if not null, the date of expiration of the account

setExpiration

void setExpiration(Date date)

getPasswordExpiration

Date getPasswordExpiration()

if not null, the date of expiration of the password

setPasswordExpiration

void setPasswordExpiration(Date date)

getRoles

List<Role> getRoles()

The Roles that have been granted to this Account

setRoles

void setRoles(List<Role> roles)

getSettings

Set<AccountSetting> getSettings()

This Account's settings, if any

setSettings

void setSettings(Set<AccountSetting> settings)