org.dspace.eperson.service

Interface EPersonService

All Superinterfaces:

DSpaceObjectLegacySupportService<EPerson>, DSpaceObjectService<EPerson>

All Known Implementing Classes:

EPersonServiceImpl

public interface EPersonService
extends DSpaceObjectService<EPerson>, DSpaceObjectLegacySupportService<EPerson>

Service interface class for the EPerson object. The implementation of this class is responsible for all business logic calls for the EPerson object and is autowired by spring Methods for handling registration by email and forgotten passwords. When someone registers as a user, or forgets their password, the sendRegistrationInfo or sendForgotPasswordInfo methods can be used to send an email to the user. The email contains a special token, a long string which is randomly generated and thus hard to guess. When the user presents the token back to the system, the AccountManager can use the token to determine the identity of the eperson. *NEW* now ignores expiration dates so that tokens never expire

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Peter Breton, kevinvandevelde at atmire.com

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	checkPassword(Context context, EPerson ePerson, String attempt) Check EPerson's password.
int	countTotal(Context context) Count all accounts.
EPerson	create(Context context) Create a new eperson
List<EPerson>	findAll(Context context, int sortField) Deprecated. use the paginated method. Find all the epeople in a specific order ID LASTNAME EMAIL NETID
List<EPerson>	findAll(Context context, int sortField, int pageSize, int offset) Find all the epeople in a specific order ID LASTNAME EMAIL NETID
EPerson	findByEmail(Context context, String email) Find the eperson by their email address.
List<EPerson>	findByGroups(Context c, Set<Group> groups) Retrieve all accounts which belong to at least one of the specified groups.
EPerson	findByNetid(Context context, String netId) Find the eperson by their netid.
List<EPerson>	findEPeopleWithSubscription(Context context) Retrieve all accounts which are subscribed to receive information about new items.
List<EPerson>	findNotActiveSince(Context context, Date date) Retrieve all accounts which have not logged in since the specified date
List<EPerson>	findUnsalted(Context context) Retrieve all accounts which have a password but do not have a digest algorithm
List<String>	getDeleteConstraints(Context context, EPerson ePerson) Check for presence of EPerson in tables that have constraints on EPersons.
PasswordHash	getPasswordHash(EPerson ePerson) Return the EPerson's password hash.
List<EPerson>	search(Context context, String query) Find the epeople that match the search query across firstname, lastname or email.
List<EPerson>	search(Context context, String query, int offset, int limit) Find the epeople that match the search query across firstname, lastname or email.
int	searchResultCount(Context context, String query) Returns the total number of epeople returned by a specific query, without the overhead of creating the EPerson objects to store the results.
void	setMetadata(Context context, EPerson ePerson, String field, String value) Deprecated.
void	setPassword(EPerson ePerson, String password) Set the EPerson's password.
void	setPasswordHash(EPerson ePerson, PasswordHash password) Set the EPerson's password hash.

Methods inherited from interface org.dspace.content.service.DSpaceObjectService

addAndShiftRightMetadata, addMetadata, addMetadata, addMetadata, addMetadata, addMetadata, addMetadata, addMetadata, addMetadata, clearMetadata, delete, find, getAdminObject, getIdentifiers, getMetadata, getMetadata, getMetadata, getMetadata, getMetadataByMetadataString, getMetadataFirstValue, getName, getParentObject, getSupportsTypeConstant, getTypeText, moveMetadata, removeMetadataValues, replaceMetadata, setMetadataSingleValue, update, updateLastModified

Methods inherited from interface org.dspace.content.service.DSpaceObjectLegacySupportService

findByIdOrLegacyId, findByLegacyId, getSupportsTypeConstant

Method Detail

findByEmail

EPerson findByEmail(Context context,
                    String email)
             throws SQLException

Find the eperson by their email address.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

email - EPerson's email to search by

Returns:

EPerson, or null if none such exists.

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

findByNetid

EPerson findByNetid(Context context,
                    String netId)
             throws SQLException

Find the eperson by their netid.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

netId - Network ID

Returns:

corresponding EPerson, or null

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

search

List<EPerson> search(Context context,
                     String query)
              throws SQLException

Find the epeople that match the search query across firstname, lastname or email.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

query - The search string

Returns:

array of EPerson objects

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

search

List<EPerson> search(Context context,
                     String query,
                     int offset,
                     int limit)
              throws SQLException

Find the epeople that match the search query across firstname, lastname or email. This method also allows offsets and limits for pagination purposes.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

query - The search string

offset - Inclusive offset

limit - Maximum number of matches returned

Returns:

array of EPerson objects

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

searchResultCount

int searchResultCount(Context context,
                      String query)
               throws SQLException

Returns the total number of epeople returned by a specific query, without the overhead of creating the EPerson objects to store the results.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

query - The search string

Returns:

the number of epeople matching the query

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

findAll

@Deprecated
List<EPerson> findAll(Context context,
                                   int sortField)
                            throws SQLException

Deprecated. use the paginated method. Find all the epeople in a specific order

• ID
• LASTNAME
• EMAIL
• NETID

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

sortField - which field to sort EPersons by

Returns:

list of EPerson objects

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

findAll

List<EPerson> findAll(Context context,
                      int sortField,
                      int pageSize,
                      int offset)
               throws SQLException

Find all the epeople in a specific order

• ID
• LASTNAME
• EMAIL
• NETID

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

sortField - which field to sort EPersons by

pageSize - how many results return

offset - the position of the first result to return

Returns:

list of EPerson objects

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

create

EPerson create(Context context)
        throws SQLException,
               AuthorizeException

Create a new eperson

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

Returns:

the created EPerson

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

AuthorizeException - Exception indicating the current user of the context does not have permission to perform a particular action.

setPassword

void setPassword(EPerson ePerson,
                 String password)

Set the EPerson's password.

Parameters:

ePerson - EPerson whose password we want to set.

password - the new password.

setPasswordHash

void setPasswordHash(EPerson ePerson,
                     PasswordHash password)

Set the EPerson's password hash.

Parameters:

ePerson - EPerson whose password hash we want to set.

password - hashed password, or null to set row data to NULL.

getPasswordHash

PasswordHash getPasswordHash(EPerson ePerson)

Return the EPerson's password hash.

Parameters:

ePerson - EPerson whose password hash we want to get.

Returns:

hash of the password, or null on failure (such as no password).

checkPassword

boolean checkPassword(Context context,
                      EPerson ePerson,
                      String attempt)

Check EPerson's password. Side effect: original unsalted MD5 hashes are converted using the current algorithm.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

ePerson - EPerson whose password we want to check

attempt - the password attempt

Returns:

boolean successful/unsuccessful

setMetadata

@Deprecated
void setMetadata(Context context,
                              EPerson ePerson,
                              String field,
                              String value)
                       throws SQLException

Deprecated.

Set a metadata value (in the metadatavalue table) of the metadata field specified by 'field'.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

ePerson - EPerson whose metadata we want to set.

field - Metadata field we want to set (e.g. "phone").

value - Metadata value we want to set

Throws:

SQLException - if the requested metadata field doesn't exist

findUnsalted

List<EPerson> findUnsalted(Context context)
                    throws SQLException

Retrieve all accounts which have a password but do not have a digest algorithm

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

Returns:

a list of epeople

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

findNotActiveSince

List<EPerson> findNotActiveSince(Context context,
                                 Date date)
                          throws SQLException

Retrieve all accounts which have not logged in since the specified date

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

date - from which date

Returns:

a list of epeople

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

getDeleteConstraints

List<String> getDeleteConstraints(Context context,
                                  EPerson ePerson)
                           throws SQLException

Check for presence of EPerson in tables that have constraints on EPersons. Called by delete() to determine whether the eperson can actually be deleted. An EPerson cannot be deleted if it exists in the item, workflowitem, or tasklistitem tables.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

ePerson - EPerson to find

Returns:

List of tables that contain a reference to the eperson.

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

findByGroups

List<EPerson> findByGroups(Context c,
                           Set<Group> groups)
                    throws SQLException

Retrieve all accounts which belong to at least one of the specified groups.

Parameters:

c - The relevant DSpace Context.

groups - set of eperson groups

Returns:

a list of epeople

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

findEPeopleWithSubscription

List<EPerson> findEPeopleWithSubscription(Context context)
                                   throws SQLException

Retrieve all accounts which are subscribed to receive information about new items.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

Returns:

a list of epeople

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

countTotal

int countTotal(Context context)
        throws SQLException

Count all accounts.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

Returns:

the total number of epeople

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.