edu.mit.stellar.api.user
Interface AuthenticationProviderInformation

public interface AuthenticationProviderInformation

AuthenticationProviderInformation

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$Revision: 29988 $, $Date: 2008-02-09 22:10:42 -0500 (Sat, 09 Feb 2008) $

Author:

MIT Stellar team

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ACTIVE
static java.lang.String	DISABLED
static java.lang.String	UNCONFIRMED

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getProviderIdentifier() Identifier of the authenticationProvider.
java.lang.String	getStatus() status may be "unconfirmed" until user verifies its validity for login, "disabled" if this method/userIdentifier is disabled.
java.lang.String	getUserIdentifier() UserIdentifier: string identifying the user from this AuthenticationProvider.
java.lang.String	getUserInstance() UserInstance: if not null, the UserIdentity instance should be set to this value when this authetication provider and user identifier are used.

Field Detail

UNCONFIRMED

static final java.lang.String UNCONFIRMED

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Constant Field Values

DISABLED

static final java.lang.String DISABLED

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Constant Field Values

ACTIVE

static final java.lang.String ACTIVE

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getUserIdentifier

java.lang.String getUserIdentifier()

UserIdentifier: string identifying the user from this AuthenticationProvider. May be a username, openid URL, or equivalent.

Returns:

userIdentifier

getUserInstance

java.lang.String getUserInstance()

UserInstance: if not null, the UserIdentity instance should be set to this value when this authetication provider and user identifier are used.

Returns:

userIdentifier

getProviderIdentifier

java.lang.String getProviderIdentifier()

Identifier of the authenticationProvider.

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getStatus

java.lang.String getStatus()

status may be "unconfirmed" until user verifies its validity for login, "disabled" if this method/userIdentifier is disabled.

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