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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.wamblee.security.authentication;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for user administration. Manages the users and groups.
+ *
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ */
+public interface UserAdministration {
+ /**
+ * Creates a new user.
+ *
+ * @param aUser
+ * Username.
+ * @param aPassword
+ * Password.
+ * @param aGroup
+ * Group.
+ *
+ * @return User.
+ *
+ * @throws UserMgtException
+ * In case there is a conflict with an existing user.
+ */
+ User createUser(String aUser, String aPassword, Group aGroup)
+ throws UserMgtException;
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new group.
+ *
+ * @param aName
+ * Group name.
+ *
+ * @return Group
+ *
+ * @throws UserMgtException
+ * In case there is a conflict with an existing group.
+ */
+ Group createGroup(String aName) throws UserMgtException;
+
+ /**
+ *
+ * @return Number of users.
+ */
+ int getUserCount();
+
+ /**
+ *
+ * @return Number of groups.
+ */
+ int getGroupCount();
+
+ /**
+ * Must be called when the user is modified.
+ *
+ * @param aUser
+ * User.
+ * @return The modified user. The user passed in to this call should be considered invalid.
+ */
+ void userModified(User aUser);
+
+ /**
+ * Must be called when the group is modified.
+ *
+ * @param aGroup
+ * Group.
+ */
+ void groupModified(Group aGroup);
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the user for a given name.
+ *
+ * @param aName
+ * User name.
+ *
+ * @return User or null if not found.
+ */
+ User getUser(String aName);
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the group for a given group name.
+ *
+ * @param aName
+ * Group name.
+ *
+ * @return Group or null if not found.
+ */
+ Group getGroup(String aName);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the users.
+ *
+ * @return All known users.
+ */
+ Set<User> getUsers();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the users for a given group.
+ *
+ * @param aGroup
+ * Group.
+ * @return Set of users (always non-null).
+ */
+ Set<User> getUsers(Group aGroup);
+
+ /**
+ * Gets all known groups.
+ *
+ * @return Groups.
+ */
+ Set<Group> getGroups();
+
+ /**
+ * Renames a user.
+ *
+ * @param aUser
+ * User object for which user name must be changed.
+ * @param aUserName
+ * New user name.
+ *
+ * @throws UserMgtException
+ * In case the user is not known or the new user name is already
+ * in use by another user.
+ */
+ void renameUser(User aUser, String aUserName) throws UserMgtException;
+
+ /**
+ * Renames a group.
+ *
+ * @param aGroup
+ * Group to rename.
+ * @param aGroupName
+ * New name for the group.
+ *
+ * @throws UserMgtException
+ * In case the new group name is already used by another group
+ * of if the existing group is unknown.
+ */
+ void renameGroup(Group aGroup, String aGroupName) throws UserMgtException;
+
+ /**
+ * Removes the user.
+ *
+ * @param aUser
+ * User to remove.
+ *
+ * @throws UserMgtException
+ * In case the user does not exist.
+ */
+ void removeUser(User aUser) throws UserMgtException;
+
+ /**
+ * Removes the group.
+ *
+ * @param aGroup
+ * Group to remove.
+ *
+ * @throws UserMgtException
+ * In case there are still users that are in the given group.
+ */
+ void removeGroup(Group aGroup) throws UserMgtException;
+
+ /**
+ * Adds a user to a group.
+ *
+ * @param aUser
+ * User.
+ * @param aGroup
+ * Group.
+ *
+ * @throws UserMgtException
+ * In case the user or group or not known or if the user is
+ * already part of the group.
+ */
+ void addUserToGroup(User aUser, Group aGroup) throws UserMgtException;
+
+ /**
+ * Removes a user from a group.
+ *
+ * @param aUser
+ * User
+ * @param aGroup
+ * Group
+ *
+ * @throws UserMgtException
+ * In case the user or group are unknown or if the user is not
+ * part of the group.
+ */
+ void removeUserFromGroup(User aUser, Group aGroup) throws UserMgtException;
+}