uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.registry.icomponent.usermanagement
Interface UserManagement

All Known Subinterfaces:

XmlDbRegistryAdmin

All Known Implementing Classes:

XmlDbRegistryAdminXmlDb, XmlUserManagementFacility

public interface UserManagement

Method Summary

void	addGroupToUser(String username, String groupname) Add a group to a user
void	addUser(String username, String password, String[] groups) Add a user to the registry database.
String[]	listGroups() List available groups.
String[]	listGroups(String username) List groups a user belongs to.
String[]	listUsers() List all users of the registry.
void	removeGroupFromUser(String username, String groupname) Remove user from a group.
void	removeUser(String username) Remove a user from the registry.

Method Detail

addUser

void addUser(String username,
             String password,
             String[] groups)
             throws UserManagementException

Add a user to the registry database.

Parameters:

username - user name

password - password

groups - groups the user belong to, can be null

Throws:

UserManagementException

removeUser

void removeUser(String username)
                throws UserManagementException

Remove a user from the registry.

Parameters:

username -

Throws:

UserManagementException

addGroupToUser

void addGroupToUser(String username,
                    String groupname)
                    throws UserManagementException

Add a group to a user

Parameters:

username -

groupname -

Throws:

UserManagementException

removeGroupFromUser

void removeGroupFromUser(String username,
                         String groupname)
                         throws UserManagementException

Remove user from a group.

Parameters:

username -

groupname -

Throws:

UserManagementException

listUsers

String[] listUsers()
                   throws UserManagementException

List all users of the registry.

Returns:

list of user names.

Throws:

UserManagementException

listGroups

String[] listGroups()
                    throws UserManagementException

List available groups.

Returns:

list of groups names

Throws:

UserManagementException

listGroups

String[] listGroups(String username)
                    throws UserManagementException

List groups a user belongs to.

Parameters:

username -

Returns:

list of group names

Throws:

UserManagementException