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IUserIdentity

Package	system.base
Inheritance	interface IUserIdentity
Subclasses	CBaseUserIdentity, CUserIdentity
Since	1.0
Version	$Id$
Source Code	framework/base/interfaces.php

IUserIdentity interface is implemented by a user identity class.

An identity represents a way to authenticate a user and retrieve information needed to uniquely identity the user. It is normally used with the user application component.

Public Methods

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Method	Description	Defined By
authenticate()	Authenticates the user.	IUserIdentity
getId()	Returns a value that uniquely represents the identity.	IUserIdentity
getIsAuthenticated()	Returns a value indicating whether the identity is authenticated.	IUserIdentity
getName()	Returns the display name for the identity (e.g. username).	IUserIdentity
getPersistentStates()	Returns the additional identity information that needs to be persistent during the user session.	IUserIdentity

Method Details

authenticate() method

abstract public boolean authenticate()
{return}	boolean	whether authentication succeeds.

Source Code: framework/base/interfaces.php#269 (show)


public function authenticate();

Authenticates the user. The information needed to authenticate the user are usually provided in the constructor.

getId() method

abstract public mixed getId()
{return}	mixed	a value that uniquely represents the identity (e.g. primary key value).

Source Code: framework/base/interfaces.php#279 (show)


public function getId();

Returns a value that uniquely represents the identity.

getIsAuthenticated() method

abstract public boolean getIsAuthenticated()
{return}	boolean	whether the identity is valid.

Source Code: framework/base/interfaces.php#274 (show)


public function getIsAuthenticated();

Returns a value indicating whether the identity is authenticated.

getName() method

abstract public string getName()
{return}	string	the display name for the identity.

Source Code: framework/base/interfaces.php#284 (show)


public function getName();

Returns the display name for the identity (e.g. username).

getPersistentStates() method

abstract public array getPersistentStates()
{return}	array	additional identity information that needs to be persistent during the user session (excluding id).

Source Code: framework/base/interfaces.php#289 (show)


public function getPersistentStates();

Returns the additional identity information that needs to be persistent during the user session.