org.jasig.portal.security
Class PersonFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.jasig.portal.security.PersonFactory

public class PersonFactory
extends Object

Creates a person.

Can create representations of a system user and a guest user.

system users have an ID of 0

guest users have both of the following characteristics

1. User is not successfully authenticated with the portal.
2. User name matches the value of the property org.jasig.portal.security.PersonFactory.guest_user_name in portal.properties.

Version:

$Revision: 19776 $

Author:

Ken Weiner, kweiner@unicon.net

Field Summary

static String

GUEST_USERNAME The guest user name specified in portal.properties.

Constructor Summary

PersonFactory()

Method Summary

static IPerson	createGuestPerson() Creates a guest user.
static IPerson	createPerson() Creates an empty IPerson implementation.
static RestrictedPerson	createRestrictedPerson() Creates a restricted user.
static IPerson	createSystemPerson() Creates a system user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

GUEST_USERNAME

public static final String GUEST_USERNAME

The guest user name specified in portal.properties.

Constructor Detail

PersonFactory

public PersonFactory()

Method Detail

createPerson

public static IPerson createPerson()

Creates an empty IPerson implementation.

Returns:

an empty IPerson implementation

createSystemPerson

public static IPerson createSystemPerson()

Creates a system user.

Returns:

a system user

createGuestPerson

public static IPerson createGuestPerson()
                                 throws Exception

Creates a guest user.

Returns:

guest user

Throws:

Exception

createRestrictedPerson

public static RestrictedPerson createRestrictedPerson()

Creates a restricted user.

Returns:

restricted user