com.atlassian.crowd.service

Interface UserManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingUserManager

public interface UserManager

Methods related to operations on users, but not on their group or role memberships.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAllUsers(Collection<SOAPPrincipalWithCredential> users) Adds all users to Crowd.
SOAPPrincipal	addUser(SOAPPrincipal user, PasswordCredential credential) Adds a user to Crowd.
List	getAllUserNames() Deprecated. Since 1.4.
SOAPPrincipal	getUser(String userName) Given a userName, fetches the user's details, either from cache or from the Crowd server.
SOAPPrincipal	getUserFromToken(String token) Given an authentication token, retrieves the user associated with it.
SOAPPrincipal	getUserWithAttributes(String userName) Given a userName, fetches the user's details and their associated attributes, either from cache or from the Crowd server.
boolean	isUser(String userName) Returns true if userName represents a valid user.
void	removeUser(String userName) Removes a user from Crowd.
List	searchUsers(SearchRestriction[] restrictions) Searches the list of all available users based on the passed-in restrictions and returns a list of users that match.
void	updatePassword(String userName, PasswordCredential credential) Changes the password for the user specified by userName.
void	updateUser(SOAPPrincipal user) Updates a user's details in Crowd.

Method Detail

isUser

boolean isUser(String userName)
               throws RemoteException,
                      InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                      InvalidAuthenticationException

Returns true if userName represents a valid user. Will return true if the user is valid but inactive.

Parameters:

userName - name of the user

Returns:

true if the user is valid, false otherwise.

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

getUser

SOAPPrincipal getUser(String userName)
                      throws RemoteException,
                             InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                             UserNotFoundException,
                             InvalidAuthenticationException

Given a userName, fetches the user's details, either from cache or from the Crowd server.

Parameters:

userName - The user's identifier

Returns:

An object representing the user

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

UserNotFoundException - Could not find the user.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

getUserWithAttributes

SOAPPrincipal getUserWithAttributes(String userName)
                                    throws RemoteException,
                                           InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                                           UserNotFoundException,
                                           InvalidAuthenticationException

Given a userName, fetches the user's details and their associated attributes, either from cache or from the Crowd server.

Parameters:

userName - The user's identifier

Returns:

An object representing the user and their attributes

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

UserNotFoundException - Could not find the user.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

getUserFromToken

SOAPPrincipal getUserFromToken(String token)
                               throws RemoteException,
                                      InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                                      InvalidTokenException,
                                      InvalidAuthenticationException

Given an authentication token, retrieves the user associated with it.

Parameters:

token - The token presented by the client browser to the webserver.

Returns:

An object representing the user

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

InvalidTokenException - The token presented was not a valid Crowd token.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

searchUsers

List searchUsers(SearchRestriction[] restrictions)
                 throws RemoteException,
                        InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                        InvalidAuthenticationException

Searches the list of all available users based on the passed-in restrictions and returns a list of users that match.

Parameters:

restrictions - search restrictions

Returns:

A List of SOAPPrincipals that match the criteria.

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

addUser

SOAPPrincipal addUser(SOAPPrincipal user,
                    PasswordCredential credential)
                      throws RemoteException,
                             ApplicationPermissionException,
                             InvalidCredentialException,
                             InvalidUserException,
                             InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                             InvalidAuthenticationException

Adds a user to Crowd.

Parameters:

user - The user to add to Crowd

credential - The credential (eg. password) for the user. May be null.

Returns:

The SOAPPrincipal, as returned by the Crowd server.

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

ApplicationPermissionException - The application does not have rights to add users.

InvalidUserException - The user was malformed or already exists.

InvalidCredentialException - The credentials were malformed or did not meet directory complexity requirements.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

addAllUsers

void addAllUsers(Collection<SOAPPrincipalWithCredential> users)
                 throws InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                        RemoteException,
                        ApplicationPermissionException,
                        BulkAddFailedException,
                        InvalidAuthenticationException

Adds all users to Crowd. N.B.: After adding the users the cache gets flushed.

Parameters:

users - The users to add to Crowd

Throws:

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

ApplicationPermissionException - The application does not have rights to add users.

BulkAddFailedException - Thrown if it failed to create a user in of the directories.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

updateUser

void updateUser(SOAPPrincipal user)
                throws RemoteException,
                       ApplicationPermissionException,
                       InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                       UserNotFoundException,
                       InvalidAuthenticationException

Updates a user's details in Crowd.

Parameters:

user - The user to update

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

UserNotFoundException - The user to update could not be found.

ApplicationPermissionException - This application does not have the rights to update the user.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

updatePassword

void updatePassword(String userName,
                  PasswordCredential credential)
                    throws RemoteException,
                           InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                           InvalidCredentialException,
                           ApplicationPermissionException,
                           UserNotFoundException,
                           InvalidAuthenticationException

Changes the password for the user specified by userName.

Parameters:

userName - The identifier of the user

credential - The new credentials for the user.

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

InvalidCredentialException - The credentials were malformed or did not meet directory complexity requirements.

UserNotFoundException - The user could not be found in any directory mapped to this application.

ApplicationPermissionException - This application does not have the rights to update the user's password.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

removeUser

void removeUser(String userName)
                throws RemoteException,
                       InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                       UserNotFoundException,
                       ApplicationPermissionException,
                       InvalidAuthenticationException

Removes a user from Crowd.

Parameters:

userName - The name of the user to remove.

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

UserNotFoundException - The user to remove could not be found.

ApplicationPermissionException - This application is not allowed to remove this user.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid

getAllUserNames

List getAllUserNames()
                     throws RemoteException,
                            InvalidAuthorizationTokenException,
                            InvalidAuthenticationException

Deprecated. Since 1.4.

Returns a list of all available users. We strongly recommend against use of this API; it will prevent your application from scaling.

If you're implementing a user-picker or similar, use searchUsers() instead. Presenting a drop-down list of 10m users simply won't work.

Returns:

A List of Strings that list all the users visible to this application.

Throws:

RemoteException - A communication error occurred - the Crowd server may not be available.

InvalidAuthorizationTokenException - The application (not the user) was not authenticated correctly.

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the application name/password combination is invalid