Package com.jk.webstack.security.controllers

Class JKSecurityWebController

java.lang.Object

com.jk.web.faces.controllers.JKWebController

com.jk.webstack.security.controllers.JKSecurityWebController

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

@Named("securityController")
@RequestScoped
public class JKSecurityWebController
extends JKWebController

This class is responsible for managing security-related operations in a web application.

It is used for tasks such as changing passwords and checking user roles.

This class extends the JKWebController class for web functionality.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Dr. Jalal H. Kiswani

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jk.web.faces.controllers.JKWebController

logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JKSecurityWebController()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	changePassword()	This method changes the user's password.
String	getCurrentPassword()	This method gets the current user password.
String	getMessage()	This method get the error message related to authentication.
String	getNewPassword()	This method gets the new user password.
protected SecurityService	getService()	This method get the SecurityService instance.
User	getUser()	This method get the currently logged-in user.
String	getUserName()	This method get the user name of the currently logged-in user.
boolean	isAdmin()	This method check if the current user is an administrator.
boolean	isAuthorized(String role)	This method check if the current user is authorized with the given role.
boolean	isUserLoggedIn()	This method check if a user is logged in.
void	setCurrentPassword(String currentPassword)	This method sets the current user password.
void	setNewPassword(String newPassword)	This method sets the new user password.

Methods inherited from class com.jk.web.faces.controllers.JKWebController

context, error, error, executeAsyc, getContextParam, getContextPath, getFromAppliaction, getFromRequest, getFromSession, getParam, getParamterFromRequest, getRoles, getTenantId, getViewScopedManagedBean, handleException, init, isDebug, isDevelopmentMode, logAction, postConstruct, redirect, request, session, showErrorDialogMessage, showInfoDialogMessage, showWarningDialogMessage, success, success, suggestName, updateUi, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

JKSecurityWebController

public JKSecurityWebController()

Method Details

getMessage

public String getMessage()

This method get the error message related to authentication.

Returns:

the error message or null if no error occurred.

getUser

public User getUser()

This method get the currently logged-in user.

Returns:

the User object representing the logged-in user or null if not logged in.

getUserName

public String getUserName()

This method get the user name of the currently logged-in user.

Overrides:

getUserName in class JKWebController

Returns:

the user name of the currently logged-in user.

isUserLoggedIn

public boolean isUserLoggedIn()

This method check if a user is logged in.

Returns:

true, if a user is logged in, false otherwise.

getService

protected SecurityService getService()

This method get the SecurityService instance.

Returns:

the SecurityService instance for managing security-related tasks.

getCurrentPassword

public String getCurrentPassword()

This method gets the current user password.

Returns:

the current user password.

setCurrentPassword

public void setCurrentPassword(String currentPassword)

This method sets the current user password.

Parameters:

currentPassword - Specifies the new current user password.

getNewPassword

public String getNewPassword()

This method gets the new user password.

Returns:

the new user password.

setNewPassword

public void setNewPassword(String newPassword)

This method sets the new user password.

Parameters:

newPassword - Specifies the new user password.

changePassword

public String changePassword()

This method changes the user's password.

Returns:

a message indicating the result of the password change.

isAdmin

public boolean isAdmin()

This method check if the current user is an administrator.

Returns:

true, if the current user is an administrator, false otherwise.

isAuthorized

public boolean isAuthorized(String role)

This method check if the current user is authorized with the given role.

Parameters:

role - Specifies the role to check authorization for.

Returns:

true, if the user is authorized for the given role, false otherwise.