com.filenet.api.security

Interface User

All Superinterfaces:

EngineObject, IndependentObject, SecurityPrincipal, java.io.Serializable

public interface User
extends SecurityPrincipal

Represents a particular user who has access to Content Engine resources. Access rights and permissions are assigned to a grantee, which can be a user or a group. A user's access to resources can be defined in terms of its membership in a group, but need not be. Permission objects have an associated User or Group object. Group and Realm objects have associated User objects, and can also have associated Group objects.

User accounts and the groups and subgroups to which they belong are defined and created using tools provided by your directory service product (for example, Windows Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, or Oracle Directory Server). Creating and modifying user accounts and groups are administrative tasks (typically performed by a system administrator) that are outside the scope of the Content Engine API.

You cannot create a new User object, but you can instantiate one that has been persisted in your directory service by:

• Calling Factory.User.fetchCurrent , which returns the current user.
• Calling getInstance or fetchInstance on the Factory.User class.
• Retrieving an individual User object from a UserSet collection object.

You can call methods on the User object to retrieve information about the user, such as the user's name and ID and to which groups the user belongs.

Metadata

Auditable: false
AllowsInstances: false
AllowsSubClasses: false
ClassDefinitionName: None
IsDependent: false
IsHidden: false
Searchable: false
StorageType: Domain
SuperclassName: SecurityPrincipal

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	get_DisplayName() Returns the value of the DisplayName property.
java.lang.String	get_DistinguishedName() Returns the value of the DistinguishedName property.
java.lang.String	get_Email() Returns the value of the Email property.
java.lang.String	get_Id() Returns the value of the Id property.
GroupSet	get_MemberOfGroups() Returns the value of the MemberOfGroups property.
java.lang.String	get_Name() Returns the value of the Name property.
java.lang.String	get_ShortName() Returns the value of the ShortName property.

Methods inherited from interface com.filenet.api.security.SecurityPrincipal

get_Realm

Methods inherited from interface com.filenet.api.core.IndependentObject

fetchProperties, fetchProperties, fetchProperty, fetchProperty, getObjectReference, refresh, refresh, refresh

Methods inherited from interface com.filenet.api.core.EngineObject

get_ClassDescription, getClassName, getConnection, getProperties, getSuperClasses

Method Detail

get_Name

java.lang.String get_Name()

Returns the value of the Name property. For more information, see Name Property.

get_Id

java.lang.String get_Id()

Returns the value of the Id property. For more information, see Id Property.

get_MemberOfGroups

GroupSet get_MemberOfGroups()

Returns the value of the MemberOfGroups property. For more information, see MemberOfGroups Property.

get_DisplayName

java.lang.String get_DisplayName()

Returns the value of the DisplayName property. For more information, see DisplayName Property.

get_DistinguishedName

java.lang.String get_DistinguishedName()

Returns the value of the DistinguishedName property. For more information, see DistinguishedName Property.

get_ShortName

java.lang.String get_ShortName()

Returns the value of the ShortName property. For more information, see ShortName Property.

get_Email

java.lang.String get_Email()

Returns the value of the Email property. For more information, see Email Property.