com.epicentric.authentication
Class AccountTypeDescriptor

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.epicentric.authentication.AccountTypeDescriptor

public class AccountTypeDescriptor

extends Object

Description of an authentication account. There is one object of this type for every Realm that has an Authenticator. An AccountTypeDescriptor contains AccountPropertyDescriptor objects.

This class provides a generic way to define properties. An alias can be used to map properties -- for example, to map logon to rdn for LDAP or to username for SQL or NT.

Since:

version 4.0

Method Summary

Iterator	aliasIterator() Returns an iterator of property aliases for this AccountTypeDescriptor.
boolean	containsPropertyWithID(String propertyID) Checks whether this AccountTypeDescriptor contains a property with the given ID
AccountPropertyDescriptor	getPropertyByID(String propertyID) Returns an AccountPropertyDescriptor by its ID or corresponding alias.
Iterator	propertyIterator() Returns an iterator of AccountPropertyDescriptor objects for this AccountTypeDescriptor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getPropertyByID

public AccountPropertyDescriptor getPropertyByID(String propertyID)
                                          throws PropertyDescriptorNotFoundException

Returns an AccountPropertyDescriptor by its ID or corresponding alias.

Parameters:

propertyID - Unique identifier of the property or corresponding alias to be retrieved

Returns:

AccountPropertyDescriptor corresponding to propertyID

containsPropertyWithID

public boolean containsPropertyWithID(String propertyID)

Checks whether this AccountTypeDescriptor contains a property with the given ID

Parameters:

propertyID - ID for the AccountPropertyDescriptor

Returns:

true if this AccountTypeDescriptor contains propertyID; false otherwise

propertyIterator

public Iterator propertyIterator()

Returns an iterator of AccountPropertyDescriptor objects for this AccountTypeDescriptor.

Returns:

Iterator of AccountPropertyDescriptor objects.

aliasIterator

public Iterator aliasIterator()

Returns an iterator of property aliases for this AccountTypeDescriptor.

Returns:

Iterator of AccountPropertyDescriptor aliases.