org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user
Interface User

All Superinterfaces:

Authorizable

public interface User
extends Authorizable

User is a special Authorizable that can be authenticated and impersonated.

See Also:

getCredentials(), getImpersonation()

Method Summary

void	changePassword(java.lang.String password) Change the password of this user.
Credentials	getCredentials() Returns Credentials for this user.
Impersonation	getImpersonation()
boolean	isAdmin()

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.Authorizable

declaredMemberOf, getID, getPrincipal, getProperty, getPropertyNames, hasProperty, isGroup, memberOf, remove, removeProperty, setProperty, setProperty

Method Detail

isAdmin

boolean isAdmin()

Returns:

true if the current user represents the administrator.

getCredentials

Credentials getCredentials()
                           throws RepositoryException

Returns Credentials for this user.

Returns:

Credentials for this user.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

getImpersonation

Impersonation getImpersonation()
                               throws RepositoryException

Returns:

Impersonation for this User.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

changePassword

void changePassword(java.lang.String password)
                    throws RepositoryException

Change the password of this user.

Parameters:

password - The new password.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.