alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/security/AuthenticationService.java

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package org.alfresco.service.cmr.security;

import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException;

/**
 * The authentication service defines the API for managing authentication information 
 * against a user id. 
 *  
 * @author Andy Hind
 *
 */
public interface AuthenticationService
{
    /**
     * Create an authentication for the given user.
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @param password
     * @throws AuthenticationException
     */
    public void createAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) throws AuthenticationException;
    
    /**
     * Update the login information for the user (typically called by the user)
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @param oldPassword
     * @param newPassword
     * @throws AuthenticationException
     */
    public void updateAuthentication(String userName, char[] oldPassword, char[] newPassword) throws AuthenticationException;
    
    /**
     * Set the login information for a user (typically called by an admin user) 
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @param newPassword
     * @throws AuthenticationException
     */
    public void setAuthentication(String userName, char[] newPassword) throws AuthenticationException;
    

    /**
     * Delete an authentication entry
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @throws AuthenticationException
     */
    public void deleteAuthentication(String userName) throws AuthenticationException;
    
    /**
     * Enable or disable an authentication entry
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @param enabled
     */
    public void setAuthenticationEnabled(String userName, boolean enabled) throws AuthenticationException;
    
    /**
     * Is an authentication enabled or disabled?
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @return
     */
    public boolean getAuthenticationEnabled(String userName) throws AuthenticationException;
    
    /**
     * Carry out an authentication attempt. If successful the user is set to the current user.
     * The current user is a part of the thread context.
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @param password
     * @throws AuthenticationException
     */
    public void authenticate(String userName, char[] password) throws AuthenticationException;
    
    /**
     * Get the name of the currently authenticated user.
     * 
     * @return
     * @throws AuthenticationException
     */
    public String getCurrentUserName() throws AuthenticationException;
    
    /**
     * Invalidate any tickets held by the user.
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @throws AuthenticationException
     */
    public void invalidateUserSession(String userName) throws AuthenticationException;
    
   /**
    * Invalidate a single ticket by ID
    * 
    * @param ticket
    * @throws AuthenticationException
    */
    public void invalidateTicket(String ticket) throws AuthenticationException;
    
   /**
    * Validate a ticket. Set the current user name accordingly. 
    * 
    * @param ticket
    * @throws AuthenticationException
    */
    public void validate(String ticket) throws AuthenticationException;
    
    /**
     * Get the current ticket as a string
     * @return
     */
    public String getCurrentTicket();
    
    /**
     * Remove the current security information
     *
     */
    public void clearCurrentSecurityContext();
    
    /**
     * Is the current user the system user?
     * 
     * @return
     */
    
    public boolean isCurrentUserTheSystemUser();
    
}