Package org.alfresco.service.cmr.security

Interface PersonService

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    PersonServiceImpl
    @AlfrescoPublicApi
public interface PersonService
    This service encapsulates the management of people and groups.

    People and groups may be managed entirely in the repository or entirely in some other implementation such as LDAP or via NTLM. Some properties may in the repository and some in another store. Individual properties may or may not be mutable.

    Author:
    Andy Hind

    • Method Detail

      • getPersonOrNull

        @Auditable(parameters="userName")
NodeRef getPersonOrNull​(String userName)
        Get a person by userName. The person is store in the repository. No missing person objects will be created as a side effect of this call. If the person is missing from the repository null will be returned.
        Parameters:
        userName - - the userName key to find the person
        Returns:
        Returns the existing person node, or null if does not exist.
        See Also:
        createMissingPeople()

      • getPerson

        @Auditable(parameters={"userName","autoCreate"})
NodeRef getPerson​(String userName,
                  boolean autoCreateHomeFolderAndMissingPersonIfAllowed)
        Retrieve the person NodeRef for a username, optionally creating the home folder if it does not exist and optionally creating the person if they don't exist AND the PersonService is configured to allow the creation of missing persons setCreateMissingPeople(boolean). If not allowed to create missing persons and the person does not exist a NoSuchPersonException exception will be thrown.
        Parameters:
        userName - of the person NodeRef to retrieve
        autoCreateHomeFolderAndMissingPersonIfAllowed - If the person exits: should we create the home folder if it does not exist? If the person exists AND the creation of missing persons is allowed should we create both the person and home folder.
        Returns:
        NodeRef of the person as specified by the username
        Throws:
        NoSuchPersonException - if the person doesn't exist and can't be created

      • personExists

        @Auditable(parameters="userName")
boolean personExists​(String userName)
        Check if a person exists.
        Parameters:
        userName - the user name
        Returns:
        Returns true if the user exists, otherwise false

      • createMissingPeople

        @Auditable
boolean createMissingPeople()
        Does this service create people on demand if they are missing. If this is true, a call to getPerson() will create a person if they are missing.
        Returns:
        true if people are created on demand and false otherwise.

      • setCreateMissingPeople

        @Auditable(parameters="createMissing")
void setCreateMissingPeople​(boolean createMissing)
        Set if missing people should be created.
        Parameters:
        createMissing - set to true to create people
        See Also:
        getPerson(String)

      • getMutableProperties

        @Auditable
Set<QName> getMutableProperties()
        Get the list of properties that are mutable. Some service may only allow a limited list of properties to be changed. This may be those persisted in the repository or those that can be changed in some other implementation such as LDAP.
        Returns:
        A set of QNames that identify properties that can be changed

      • setPersonProperties

        @Auditable(parameters={"userName","properties"})
void setPersonProperties​(String userName,
                         Map<QName,​Serializable> properties)
        Set the properties on a person - some of these may be persisted in different locations - the home folder is created if it doesn't exist
        Parameters:
        userName - - the user for which the properties should be set.
        properties - - the map of properties to set (as the NodeService)

      • setPersonProperties

        @Auditable(parameters={"userName","properties","autoCreate"})
void setPersonProperties​(String userName,
                         Map<QName,​Serializable> properties,
                         boolean autoCreateHomeFolder)
        Set the properties on a person - some of these may be persisted in different locations.
        Parameters:
        userName - - the user for which the properties should be set.
        properties - - the map of properties to set (as the NodeService)
        autoCreateHomeFolder - should we auto-create the home folder if it doesn't exist.

      • isMutable

        @Auditable
boolean isMutable()
        Can this service create, delete and update person information?
        Returns:
        true if this service allows mutation to people.

      • createPerson

        @Auditable(parameters="properties")
NodeRef createPerson​(Map<QName,​Serializable> properties)
        Create a new person with the given properties. The userName is one of the properties. Users with duplicate userNames are not allowed.
        Returns:
        NodeRef

      • createPerson

        @Auditable(parameters={"properties","zones"})
NodeRef createPerson​(Map<QName,​Serializable> properties,
                     Set<String> zones)
        Create a new person with the given properties, recording them against the given zone name (usually identifying an external user registry from which the details were obtained). The userName is one of the properties. Users with duplicate userNames are not allowed.
        Parameters:
        properties - the properties
        zones - a set if zones including the identifier for the external user registry owning the person information, or null or an empty set
        Returns:
        the node ref

      • deletePerson

        @Auditable(parameters="userName")
void deletePerson​(String userName)
        Delete the person identified by the given user name.
        Parameters:
        userName - String

      • deletePerson

        @Auditable(parameters="personRef")
void deletePerson​(NodeRef personRef)
        Delete the person identified by the given ref.
        Parameters:
        personRef - NodeRef

      • deletePerson

        @Auditable(parameters={"personRef","deleteAuthentication"})
void deletePerson​(NodeRef personRef,
                  boolean deleteAuthentication)
        Delete the person identified by the given ref, and optionally delete the associated authentication, if one.
        Parameters:
        personRef - NodeRef
        deleteAuthentication - boolean

      • getPeople

        @Auditable(parameters={"pattern","filterProps","sortProps","pagingRequest"})
PagingResults<PersonService.PersonInfo> getPeople​(String pattern,
                                                  List<QName> filterProps,
                                                  List<Pair<QName,​Boolean>> sortProps,
                                                  PagingRequest pagingRequest)
        Get paged list of people optionally filtered and/or sorted Note: the pattern is applied to filter props (0 to 3) as startsWithIgnoreCase, which are OR'ed together, for example: cm:userName or cm:firstName or cm:lastName
        Parameters:
        pattern - pattern to apply to filter props - "startsWith" and "ignoreCase"
        filterProps - list of filter properties (these are OR'ed)
        sortProps - sort property, eg. cm:username ascending
        pagingRequest - skip, max + optional query execution id

        author janv
        Since:
        4.1.2

      • getPeople

        @Auditable(parameters={"stringPropFilters","filterIgnoreCase","sortProps","pagingRequest"})
PagingResults<PersonService.PersonInfo> getPeople​(List<Pair<QName,​String>> stringPropFilters,
                                                  boolean filterIgnoreCase,
                                                  List<Pair<QName,​Boolean>> sortProps,
                                                  PagingRequest pagingRequest)
        Deprecated.
        see getPeople(String pattern, List filterProps, List> sortProps, PagingRequest pagingRequest)
        Get paged list of people optionally filtered and/or sorted
        Parameters:
        stringPropFilters - list of filter properties (with "startsWith" values), eg. cm:username "al" might match "alex", "alice", ...
        filterIgnoreCase - true to ignore case when filtering, false to be case-sensitive when filtering
        sortProps - sort property, eg. cm:username ascending
        pagingRequest - skip, max + optional query execution id

        author janv
        Since:
        4.0

      • getPeople

        @Auditable(parameters={"stringPropFilters","filterIgnoreCase","inclusiveAspect","exclusiveAspects","sortProps","pagingRequest"})
PagingResults<PersonService.PersonInfo> getPeople​(String pattern,
                                                  List<QName> filterStringProps,
                                                  Set<QName> inclusiveAspects,
                                                  Set<QName> exclusiveAspects,
                                                  boolean includeAdministraotrs,
                                                  List<Pair<QName,​Boolean>> sortProps,
                                                  PagingRequest pagingRequest)
        Get paged list of people optionally filtered and/or sorted
        Parameters:
        pattern - String
        filterStringProps - list of filter properties (with "startsWith" values), eg. cm:username "al" might match "alex", "alice", ...
        inclusiveAspects - if set, filter out any people that don't have one of these aspects
        exclusiveAspects - if set, filter out any people that do have one of these aspects
        includeAdministraotrs - true to include administrators in the results.
        sortProps - sort property, eg. cm:username ascending
        pagingRequest - skip, max + optional query execution id

      • getPeopleContainer

        @Auditable
NodeRef getPeopleContainer()
        Return the container that stores people.
        Returns:
        NodeRef

      • getUserNamesAreCaseSensitive

        @Auditable
boolean getUserNamesAreCaseSensitive()
        Are user names case sensitive?
        Returns:
        boolean

      • getUserIdentifier

        @NotAuditable
String getUserIdentifier​(String caseSensitiveUserName)
        Given the case sensitive user name find the approriate identifier from the person service. If the system is case sensitive it will return the same string. If case insentive it will return the common object. If the user does not exist it will return null;
        Parameters:
        caseSensitiveUserName - String
        Returns:
        String

      • countPeople

        @NotAuditable
int countPeople()
        Counts the number of persons registered with the system.
        Returns:
        int