PaP
Class LoginRequest

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class LoginRequest

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

This class contains the parameters specified by an actor when a user sends a request for logging himself into a PaP domain administrated by a Director.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Lars Erik Liljebäck

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	DIRECTOR Used when a Director is sending a LoginRequest to another Director on behalf of a visitor user.
static int	LOCAL Used when a user wants to login to his home PaP domain.
java.lang.Object	objectValue Variable for parameters of type Object.
java.lang.String	password Specifies the password of the user wanting to login.
static int	REMOTE Used when a user wants to login to his home PaP domain from another domain.
boolean	resumeSession Specifies wether the user wants to resume a previously suspended session or if he wants to start a new session.
int	type Specifies the type of this LoginRequest.
java.lang.String	username Specifies the username of the user wanting to login.
static int	VISITOR Used when a user wants to login to a PaP domain as a visitor.

Constructor Summary

LoginRequest(int loginType)
Creates a new LoginRequest of the specifed type.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	toString() Returns the state of this LoginRequest in the form of a string.
boolean	validate() Validates this LoginRequest.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DIRECTOR

public static final int DIRECTOR

Used when a Director is sending a LoginRequest to another Director on behalf of a visitor user.

LOCAL

public static final int LOCAL

Used when a user wants to login to his home PaP domain.

REMOTE

public static final int REMOTE

Used when a user wants to login to his home PaP domain from another domain. The request is sent to his current Director who forwards the request to the Director of his home PaP domain. This means the user is currently logged in as a visitor.

VISITOR

public static final int VISITOR

Used when a user wants to login to a PaP domain as a visitor.

type

public int type

Specifies the type of this LoginRequest.

username

public java.lang.String username

Specifies the username of the user wanting to login.

password

public java.lang.String password

Specifies the password of the user wanting to login.

resumeSession

public boolean resumeSession

Specifies wether the user wants to resume a previously suspended session or if he wants to start a new session. If a previous session have been suspended and the user specifies not to resume it, it is overwritten.

objectValue

public java.lang.Object objectValue

Variable for parameters of type Object.

Constructor Detail

LoginRequest

public LoginRequest(int loginType)

Creates a new LoginRequest of the specifed type.

Parameters:

loginType - The type of LoginRequest.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the state of this LoginRequest in the form of a string. All the names and values of the instance variables are concatenated.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

The state of the LoginRequest as a String.

validate

public boolean validate()

Validates this LoginRequest. A valid LoginRequest must be of one of the predefined types, and the username and password must not be null.

Returns:

Returns true if this LoginRequest is valid, false otherwise.