com.atlassian.confluence.user
Interface PersonalInformationManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPersonalInformationManager

public interface PersonalInformationManager

Method Summary

PersonalInformation	createPersonalInformation(com.atlassian.user.User user) Creates a new PersonalInformation for the specified user.
PersonalInformation	getPersonalInformation(java.lang.String username) Deprecated. since 2.3 use getPersonalInformation(com.atlassian.user.User)
PersonalInformation	getPersonalInformation(com.atlassian.user.User user) Retrieve the personal information for a user.
void	removePersonalInformation(java.lang.String username)
void	savePersonalInformation(PersonalInformation newInfo, PersonalInformation oldInfo)

Method Detail

getPersonalInformation

PersonalInformation getPersonalInformation(java.lang.String username)

Deprecated. since 2.3 use getPersonalInformation(com.atlassian.user.User)

Deprecated: Because it was possible to pass in a string that was not a username, this method could be used accidentally to create personal information for non-users, which caused lots of nasty things to happen. Instead, use the version of the method that requires a real User object.

getPersonalInformation

PersonalInformation getPersonalInformation(com.atlassian.user.User user)

Retrieve the personal information for a user. If no personal information exists in the database, one will be created.

Parameters:

user - the user to retrieve personal information for

Returns:

the personal information for that user

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if user is null

savePersonalInformation

void savePersonalInformation(PersonalInformation newInfo,
                             PersonalInformation oldInfo)

removePersonalInformation

void removePersonalInformation(java.lang.String username)

createPersonalInformation

PersonalInformation createPersonalInformation(com.atlassian.user.User user)

Creates a new PersonalInformation for the specified user. Returns the existing one if it already exists.