org.davesag.generica.controller
Interface PasswordHelperController

All Superinterfaces:

ActionController, Controller

public interface PasswordHelperController

extends ActionController

An implementation of the PasswordHelperController interface must be able to tell if the user provided exists, if an answer to the password helper question was provided, if that answer is correct and it must also be able to reset the user's password.

Since:

Generica 1.0

Version:

CVS Revision $Id: PasswordHelperController.java,v 1.2 2004/03/30 10:12:56 norm Exp $

Author:

Dave Sag http://www.davesag.com

Method Summary

User	getValidUser() Checks if the username in the form provided is a valid username.
boolean	isAnswerCorrect(User user) Checks the user's answer against the answer in the form.
boolean	isAnswerSupplied() Checks the form to see if an answer was supplied.
void	resetPassword(User user) Resets the user's password and does whatever else you need it to do.

Methods inherited from interface org.davesag.generica.controller.ActionController

setAction

Methods inherited from interface org.davesag.generica.controller.Controller

setForm, setRequest, setResponse

Method Detail

isAnswerSupplied

public boolean isAnswerSupplied()
                         throws Exception

Checks the form to see if an answer was supplied.

Returns:

true if there is an answer in the form.

Throws:

Exception - if anything went wrong.

getValidUser

public User getValidUser()
                  throws Exception

Checks if the username in the form provided is a valid username.

Returns:

the User object if the username from the form provided is valid, null if not.

Throws:

Exception - if anything went wrong.

isAnswerCorrect

public boolean isAnswerCorrect(User user)
                        throws Exception

Checks the user's answer against the answer in the form.

Parameters:

user - The user to check against.

Returns:

true if the answer matched the user's answer.

Throws:

Exception - if anything went wrong.

resetPassword

public void resetPassword(User user)
                   throws Exception

Resets the user's password and does whatever else you need it to do. Usually an implementation of this method will also invaidate the new password thus telling the user interface that the user must manually reenter a new password after their first login with the new password.

Parameters:

user - The user whose password must be reset.

Throws:

Exception - if anything went wrong.