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.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/12/08 01:28:11 $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getHome(String user) Return an absolute pathname to the home directory for the specified user.
UserConfig	getUserConfig() Return the UserConfig listener with which we are associated.
Enumeration	getUsers() Return an enumeration of the usernames defined on this server.
void	setUserConfig(UserConfig userConfig) Set the UserConfig listener with which we are associated.

Method Detail

getUserConfig

UserConfig getUserConfig()

Return 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)

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

Parameters:

user - User for which a home directory should be retrieved

getUsers

Enumeration getUsers()

Return an enumeration of the usernames defined on this server.