com.atlassian.crowd.manager.application

Interface AliasManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AliasManagerImpl

public interface AliasManager

API to manage application-specific user aliases.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	findAliasByUsername(Application application, String username) Will return the 'alias' associated to the user.
Map<String,String>	findAliasesByUsernames(Application application, Iterable<String> usernames) Will return application-specific aliases for the provided users.
String	findUsernameByAlias(Application application, String authenticatingUsername) Will return the 'real' username of the authenticating user.
void	removeAlias(Application application, String username) Remove an application-specific alias for a username.
void	removeAliasesForUser(String username) Removes all the aliases registered for a given username in all applications (there may be different users)
List<String>	search(EntityQuery entityQuery) Perform an AliasQuery search on the alias tables of Crowd.
void	storeAlias(Application application, String username, String alias) Add or update the application-specific alias for a username.

Method Detail

findUsernameByAlias

String findUsernameByAlias(Application application,
                           String authenticatingUsername)

Will return the 'real' username of the authenticating user. This returned username maybe the username passed in, if the user does not have a configured 'alias' for the given application

Parameters:

application - the application the user is associated with

authenticatingUsername - the username passed to the application for authentication

Returns:

The 'real' username of the authenticating user, or the passed in username

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if either application or authenticatingUsername are null

findAliasByUsername

String findAliasByUsername(Application application,
                           String username)

Will return the 'alias' associated to the user. If an alias does not exist the 'real' username will be returned

Parameters:

application - the application the user is associated with

username - the 'real' username of the user

Returns:

if an alias exists it will be returned, otherwise the username will be returned.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if either application or authenticatingUsername are null

search

List<String> search(EntityQuery entityQuery)

Perform an AliasQuery search on the alias tables of Crowd.

Parameters:

entityQuery - Will accept an entity query for aliases as an AliasQuery

Returns:

a List<String> of usernames for a given AliasQuery or an empty list

storeAlias

void storeAlias(Application application,
                String username,
                String alias)
         throws AliasAlreadyInUseException

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:

IllegalArgumentException - if parameters are null or blank.

AliasAlreadyInUseException - the alias is already in use by another user for the given application.

removeAlias

void removeAlias(Application application,
                 String username)
          throws AliasAlreadyInUseException

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.

Throws:

AliasAlreadyInUseException - the username is already in use by another user as their alias for the given application.

removeAliasesForUser

void removeAliasesForUser(String username)

Removes all the aliases registered for a given username in all applications (there may be different users)

findAliasesByUsernames

Map<String,String> findAliasesByUsernames(Application application,
                                          Iterable<String> usernames)

Will return application-specific aliases for the provided users. This method will return a Map with usernames as keys and aliases as values. If aliasing is not enabled or no usernames were provided then an empty map will be returned. Users who don't have an alias will not have a corresponding entry in the returned map.

Parameters:

application - application context

usernames - the usernames for which the aliases will be retrieved

Returns:

a map from username to alias