com.atlassian.crowd.dao.alias
Interface AliasDAO

public interface AliasDAO

Manages persistence of aliases.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	findAliasByUsername(Application application, java.lang.String username) Retrieves the application-specific alias for a username.
java.lang.String	findUsernameByAlias(Application application, java.lang.String alias) Retrieves the real username for a user in a directory given their application-specific alias.
void	removeAlias(Application application, java.lang.String username) Remove an application-specific alias for a username.
void	removeAliases(Application application) Removes all the username-aliases for a specific application.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	search(EntityQuery<java.lang.String> entityQuery) Will search for a List of Alias' based on a given EntityQuery
void	storeAlias(Application application, java.lang.String username, java.lang.String alias) Add or update the application-specific alias for a username.

Method Detail

search

java.util.List<java.lang.String> search(EntityQuery<java.lang.String> entityQuery)

Will search for a List of Alias' based on a given EntityQuery

Parameters:

entityQuery - an entity query of type EntityDescriptor.alias()

Returns:

a list of usernames or a Collections.emptyList(). Note: this does not return Alias objects or alias names (only real usernames).

findAliasByUsername

java.lang.String findAliasByUsername(Application application,
                                     java.lang.String username)

Retrieves the application-specific alias for a username.

Parameters:

application - application context.

username - real username of user in directory.

Returns:

application-specific alias or null if there is no alias for the user/application.

findUsernameByAlias

java.lang.String findUsernameByAlias(Application application,
                                     java.lang.String alias)

Retrieves the real username for a user in a directory given their application-specific alias.

Parameters:

application - application context.

alias - application-specific alias.

Returns:

real username or null if there is no user with the supplied alias for the given application.

storeAlias

void storeAlias(Application application,
                java.lang.String username,
                java.lang.String alias)

Add or update the application-specific alias for a username.

Parameters:

application - application context.

username - real username of user in directory.

alias - application-specific alias (cannot be null or blank).

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if parameters are null or blank.

removeAlias

void removeAlias(Application application,
                 java.lang.String username)

Remove an application-specific alias for a username. This method will silently succeed if the username has no application-specific alias.

Parameters:

application - application context.

username - real username of user in directory.

removeAliases

void removeAliases(Application application)

Removes all the username-aliases for a specific application.

Parameters:

application - application context.