Package com.epicentric.users

(Deprecated as of version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; replaced by com.epicentric.user and utility classes in com.epicentric.common.website) Provides the model of a Vignette Portal user.

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Package Summary

Interface Summary

User	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new User class for all methods except these: User.remove() User.reload() User.getResultCode() User.getResultMessage() User.getEncryptedPassword() User.setPassword(String password) User.validatePassword(String password) User.getFolder() User.getUserDirectory() User.getAlternateDomain() User.setAlternateDomain(String altDomain) User.setCreatedDate(Date date) User.getPrimaryGroupID() User.setPrimaryGroupID(int groupID)
UserGroupPermission	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later, replaced by a new permissioning system; see also the new com.epicentric.user package.
UserQuery	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new com.epicentric.user package.
UserSet	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new com.epicentric.user package.

Class Summary

MultiUserSet	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new com.epicentric.user package.
UserGroup	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new UserGroup class.
UserGroup.UserGroupCatalogFinder
UserGroupManager	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new UserGroupManager class
UserGroupManager.GroupFormattedCreatedDateComparator
UserGroupManager.GroupNameComparator
UserKeyManager	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new com.epicentric.user package.
UserManager	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new UserManager class as well as utility classes in com.epicentric.common.website.
VectorUserSet	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new com.epicentric.user package.

Exception Summary

MalformedPasswordException	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new com.epicentric.user package.
PersistificationException	Deprecated. as of Version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; instead, see the new com.epicentric.user package.

Package com.epicentric.users Description

(Deprecated as of version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; replaced by com.epicentric.user and utility classes in com.epicentric.common.website) Provides the model of a Vignette Portal user. This is an abstract model; specific implementations include a SQL user manager and a JNDI user manager.

A Vignette Portal site can have several types of users:

• Registered users are those who are known to the site. Information about each registered user is persistent. Sites have the option of allowing users to self-register.
• The guest user is any unregistered user of the site. All unregistered users gain access to the site via the single guest user account, which provides access to a configurable set of features. Information about the guest user is persistent. Sites have the option of disallowing guest access.
• The default user is the "template" account that defines the initial feature set that is available to new users. Information about the default user is also persistent.
• An administrator is a registered user for whom an administrative boolean has been set to true. Such a user has access to the administrative site (Vignette Portal Administrator).

Registered users can belong to one or more user groups. Many aspects of the site are controlled at the user group level. For example, user group membership determines the pages that are visible on a user's front door, the PortalBeans that are included on a page, and the look and feel of the page.

User groups are hierarchical: A group can be designated as a child of any number of groups, which in turn can be children of other groups. User group membership is also additive in cases where users belongs to multiple groups. Therefore, a particular user has the combined access rights of all of the groups to which that user belongs plus all of the groups that are direct or indirect parents.

Some objects in the system (such as pages, PortalBeans, and users and user groups themselves) can have owners. An owner is a registered user who has full access rights over the owned object. In all other cases, user access rights are governed by the Permissions API.

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com.epicentric.permission