AuthenticationSession.java

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package org.apache.isis.core.commons.authentication;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.isis.applib.security.UserMemento;
import org.apache.isis.core.commons.encoding.Encodable;

/**
 * The representation within the system of an authenticated user.
 */
public interface AuthenticationSession extends Encodable, Serializable {

    /**
     * The name of the authenticated user; for display purposes only.
     */
    String getUserName();

    boolean hasUserNameOf(String userName);

    /**
     * The roles this user belongs to
     */
    List<String> getRoles();

    /**
     * A unique code given to this session during authentication.
     * 
     * <p>
     * This can be used to confirm that this session has been properly created
     * and the user has been authenticated. It should return an empty string (
     * <tt>""</tt>) if this is unauthenticated user (i.e., as created within an
     * exploration system).
     */
    String getValidationCode();

    /**
     * For viewers (in particular) to store additional attributes, analogous to
     * an <tt>HttpSession</tt>.
     */
    Object getAttribute(String attributeName);

    /**
     * @see #getAttribute(String)
     */
    void setAttribute(String attributeName, Object attribute);

    /**
     * The {@link MessageBroker} that holds messages for this user.
     */
    MessageBroker getMessageBroker();

    UserMemento createUserMemento();
}