org.bibalex.daf.managers
Class MainController

java.lang.Object
  org.bibalex.daf.managers.MainController

public final class MainController
extends java.lang.Object

Main Controller of the System. This class is final, (sealed)

Author:

Fadi.Edward

Nested Class Summary

static class

MainController.Views An enumeration listing the different views in the system.

Field Summary

private WorkStation	currentWorkstation
private static MainController	defaultInstance
private User	loggedInUser
protected ResourceManager	resourceManager
private java.lang.String	userName

Constructor Summary

private

MainController() Constructor, private Applying singltone pattern.

Method Summary

boolean	authenticateUser(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password) Authenticates a user using a Username and Password.
User	getCurrentUser() Gets the currently logged in User
WorkStation	getCurrentWorkstation() Gets the current workstation
java.lang.String	getCurrentWorkstationIP() Retreives Current Workstation IP
java.lang.String	getCurrentWorkstationName() Retreives Current Workstation Name
static MainController	getMainController() Public method to retrieve or create the only instance of the MainController
boolean	hasAccessTo(MainController.Views view) Indicate whether the current logged in user has access or not to a specific view in the System.
boolean	isLoggedIn() Indicates if a user is logged in or not.
boolean	isValidUser() This method validates the user using only the UserName, either he is an LDAP user or not.
boolean	isValidWorkstation(java.lang.String workstationName, java.lang.String workstationIP) This method validates the current workstation in the system DB.
void	logoffUser() Log-Off the currently logged in user if exists.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

loggedInUser

private User loggedInUser

currentWorkstation

private WorkStation currentWorkstation

defaultInstance

private static MainController defaultInstance

userName

private java.lang.String userName

resourceManager

protected ResourceManager resourceManager

Constructor Detail

MainController

private MainController()

Constructor, private Applying singltone pattern.

Method Detail

getMainController

public static MainController getMainController()

Public method to retrieve or create the only instance of the MainController

Returns:

the only instance of the MainController

isValidWorkstation

public boolean isValidWorkstation(java.lang.String workstationName,
                                  java.lang.String workstationIP)

This method validates the current workstation in the system DB.

Parameters:

workstationName - The name of the Workstation to check for validity.

workstationIP - The IP of the Workstation to check for validity (used only in case the name didn't match).

Returns:

true if it is a valid one, false otherwise.

getCurrentUser

public User getCurrentUser()

Gets the currently logged in User

Returns:

Currently logged in User

getCurrentWorkstation

public WorkStation getCurrentWorkstation()

Gets the current workstation

Returns:

Current Workstation

getCurrentWorkstationName

public java.lang.String getCurrentWorkstationName()

Retreives Current Workstation Name

Returns:

Current Workstation Name

getCurrentWorkstationIP

public java.lang.String getCurrentWorkstationIP()

Retreives Current Workstation IP

Returns:

Current Workstation IP

isLoggedIn

public boolean isLoggedIn()

Indicates if a user is logged in or not.

Returns:

true if logged-in, false otherwise.

isValidUser

public boolean isValidUser()

This method validates the user using only the UserName, either he is an LDAP user or not. It depends on a user name retrieved using System.getProperty("user.name"). It may be considered as security issue, working on it.

Returns:

true if the user is valid, false otherwise.

authenticateUser

public boolean authenticateUser(java.lang.String userName,
                                java.lang.String password)

Authenticates a user using a Username and Password. This method checks if the user is in the System (non-LDAP user) or not, if not checks if it is an LDAP user.

Parameters:

userName - the UserName to authenticate

password - the password to authenticate with

Returns:

true if authenticated user, false otherwise

logoffUser

public void logoffUser()

Log-Off the currently logged in user if exists.

hasAccessTo

public boolean hasAccessTo(MainController.Views view)

Indicate whether the current logged in user has access or not to a specific view in the System.

Parameters:

view - The view to check access for.

Returns:

true if the user has access to that view, false otherwise.