The UserAttributes interface

Description: After user authentication, obtains attributes bound to the subject.; The package name of the UserAttributes interface is com.cosminexus.admin.auth.

Syntax

interface UserAttributes
{
  public Object getAttribute(String alias)
    throws IllegalStateException;
  public Enumeration getAttributes(String alias)
    throws IllegalStateException;
  public void addAttribute(String alias,
                                Object attr)
    throws IllegalStateException;
  public Enumeration getAttributeNames()
    throws IllegalStateException;
  public void removeAttribute(String alias)
    throws IllegalStateException;
  public int size()
    throws IllegalStateException;
  public Enumeration getAliases()
    throws IllegalStateException;
}

Methods

Method name	Functionality
addAttribute method	Adds an attribute to the subject.
getAttribute method	Obtains an attribute bound to the subject.
getAttributeNames method	Obtains a list of attribute names bound to the subject.
getAttributes method	Obtains all of the attributes bound to the subject.
removeAttribute method	Deletes an attribute bound to the subject.
size method	Obtains the total number of attributes bound to the subject.
getAliases method	Not recommended. Use the getAttributeNames method.

Remarks: If this object is invalid, calling a method causes java.lang.IllegalStateException. Note that this exception inherits from java.lang.RuntimeException and can therefore be compiled without being defined in catch or throws.

Organization of this section: The addAttribute method; The getAttribute method; The getAttributeNames method; The getAttributes method; The removeAttribute method; The size method

15.17 The UserAttributes interface