org.apache.catalina.startup

Interface UserDatabase

All Known Implementing Classes:

HomesUserDatabase, PasswdUserDatabase

public interface UserDatabase

Abstraction of the set of users defined by the operating system on the current server platform.

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getHome(String user)
UserConfig	getUserConfig()
Enumeration<String>	getUsers()
void	setUserConfig(UserConfig userConfig) Set the UserConfig listener with which we are associated.

Method Detail

getUserConfig

UserConfig getUserConfig()

Returns:

the UserConfig listener with which we are associated.

setUserConfig

void setUserConfig(UserConfig userConfig)

Set the UserConfig listener with which we are associated.

Parameters:

userConfig - The new UserConfig listener

getHome

String getHome(String user)

Parameters:

user - User for which a home directory should be retrieved

Returns:

an absolute pathname to the home directory for the specified user.

getUsers

Enumeration<String> getUsers()

Returns:

an enumeration of the usernames defined on this server.