All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationDaoJdbc
```
public interface IAuthenticationDao
```
This interface defines authentication related operations.

Since:

4.0.0

Version:

$Revision: 7370 $ $Date: 2007-06-12 13:50:49 -0300 (Tue, 12 Jun 2007) $

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addUserSessionId(String userSessionId, String userId)`	Add the User Session Id.
`Collection<SessionConfig>`	`clearInactiveSessions(int minutes, ITransaction transaction)`	Remove sessions inactive for the specified amount of minutes.
`void`	`deleteUserSessionByUserId(String userId)`	Delete the User Session Id from the user id.
`void`	`deleteUserSessionId(String userSessionId)`	Delete the User Session Id.
`Collection<SessionConfig>`	`getSessionsByUserId(String userId, ITransaction transaction)`	Returns a collection of active session objects for the given user.
`String`	`getUserId(String userSessionId, ITransaction transaction)`	Get the user id.
`void`	`keepSessionAlive(String sessionId)`	Update the last access date for the given session.
`boolean`	`validateUserLogin(String login, String password, ITransaction transaction)`	Validade the user login.
`String`	`validateUserSession(String userSessionId, ITransaction transaction)`	Validate the session of the user.

Method Detail

addUserSessionId

void addUserSessionId(String userSessionId,
                      String userId)
               throws DaoException,
                      PortalException

Add the User Session Id.

Parameters:: userSessionId -; userId -
Throws:: DaoException; PortalException

deleteUserSessionId

void deleteUserSessionId(String userSessionId)
                  throws DaoException,
                         PortalException

Delete the User Session Id.

Parameters:: userSessionId -
Throws:: DaoException; PortalException

deleteUserSessionByUserId

void deleteUserSessionByUserId(String userId)
                        throws DaoException,
                               PortalException

Delete the User Session Id from the user id.

Parameters:: userId -
Throws:: DaoException; PortalException

validateUserSession
```
String validateUserSession(String userSessionId,
                           ITransaction transaction)
                    throws DaoException,
                           PortalException
```
Validate the session of the user.

Parameters:

userSessionId - the user session id.

transaction - the transaction for persistence access.

Returns:

the userId if the user's session is valid, or null if it is not valid.

Throws:

DaoException

PortalException

getUserId

String getUserId(String userSessionId,
                 ITransaction transaction)
          throws DaoException,
                 PortalException

Get the user id.

Parameters:: userSessionId -; transaction -
Returns:: a String.
Throws:: DaoException; PortalException

validateUserLogin

boolean validateUserLogin(String login,
                          String password,
                          ITransaction transaction)
                   throws DaoException,
                          PortalException

Validade the user login.

Parameters:: login -; password -; transaction -
Returns:: true if the User's login is valid and false otherwise.
Throws:: DaoException; PortalException

keepSessionAlive
```
void keepSessionAlive(String sessionId)
               throws PortalException
```
Update the last access date for the given session.

Parameters:

sessionId -

Throws:

DaoException

PortalException

clearInactiveSessions

Collection<SessionConfig> clearInactiveSessions(int minutes,
                                                ITransaction transaction)
                                         throws DaoException,
                                                PortalException

Remove sessions inactive for the specified amount of minutes.

Parameters:: minutes - amount of minutes.; transaction - transaction for persistence access.
Returns:: the sessions cleared.
Throws:: DaoException; PortalException

getSessionsByUserId

Collection<SessionConfig> getSessionsByUserId(String userId,
                                              ITransaction transaction)
                                       throws PortalException

Returns a collection of active session objects for the given user.

Parameters:: userId -; transaction -
Returns:
Throws:: PortalException
Since:: 4.0.11

Interface IAuthenticationDao