userManager
Class UserManager

java.lang.Object
  userManager.UserManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

UserManagerInterface

public class UserManager
extends Object
implements UserManagerInterface

The UserManager class facilitates user contents and database management. It uses the User class, Authenticate class and the Active class to service requests.

Field Summary

User

user

Constructor Summary

UserManager()
CONSTRUCTOR - Will construct the UserManager Class using a singleton pattern.

Method Summary

static Active	active()
boolean	authenticate(String username, String password) This method will verify that a given username and password matches a registered user in the system.
void	logout(String username) This method will logout the user from the system by removing it from active users table and marks user status field as 0 - for inactive.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

user

public User user

Constructor Detail

UserManager

public UserManager()

CONSTRUCTOR - Will construct the UserManager Class using a singleton pattern. Constructor will initialize the DBManager class, Active class Authenticate class and the User class.

Method Detail

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(String username,
                            String password)

This method will verify that a given username and password matches a registered user in the system. If a match is found it returns true, else, it returns false. If it returns true, the method will construct a User object and adds it to ActiveInterface table.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface UserManagerInterface

Parameters:

String - userName username value to be authenticated.

String - password password value to be authenticated.

Returns:

Boolean Authentication result.

logout

public void logout(String username)

This method will logout the user from the system by removing it from active users table and marks user status field as 0 - for inactive.

Specified by:

logout in interface UserManagerInterface

active

public static Active active()