com.ibm.mashups.enabler.user
Interface User

All Superinterfaces:

Entity, Identifiable

public User
extends Entity

Interface representing a user

Method Summary

String	getLoginName() Returns the user LDAP principalName attribute
String	getSN() Returns the user LDAP SN attribute
String	getEmail() Returns a String representation of the user's email
String	setAttribute(String name, String value) Sets the value for the attribute identified by the specified name.
String	removeAttribute(String name) Removes the attribute identified with the specified name.

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.mashups.enabler.user.Entity

getDisplayName, getCN, getAttribute, getReadOnlyAttributeNames, getReadWriteAttributeNames, getAttributeNames, isVirtual, getVirtualType, getEntityType

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.mashups.enabler.Identifiable

getID

Method Detail

getLoginName

String getLoginName()

Returns the user LDAP principalName attribute

Returns:

the login name; may be null.

getSN

String getSN()

Returns the user LDAP SN attribute

Returns:

the value of the SN attribute; may be null.

getEmail

String getEmail()

Returns a String representation of the user's email

Returns:

the user's email; may be null.

setAttribute

String setAttribute(String name,
                    String value)

Sets the value for the attribute identified by the specified name.

Parameters:

name - name of attribute to set the value for; must not be null

value - attribute value to set; must not be null

Returns:

the former value for the name; if none existed, null is returned

removeAttribute

String removeAttribute(String name)

Removes the attribute identified with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - name of attribute to remove; must not be null

Returns:

the former value for the name; if none existed, null is returned