airline
Class User

java.lang.Object
  airline.User

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Administrator, Customer

public abstract class User
extends Object
implements Serializable

Represents a registered user for the airline system.

Author:

Michael Goldwasser

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

abstract UserSession	getSession(Connection connection) A factory function producing an appropriate UserSession for this user.
String	getUserID() Returns this customer's unique user ID
boolean	verifyPassword(String attempt) Compares a given password attempt to the underlying password.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getSession

public abstract UserSession getSession(Connection connection)

A factory function producing an appropriate UserSession for this user.

Returns:

the new UserSession.

getUserID

public String getUserID()

Returns this customer's unique user ID

verifyPassword

public boolean verifyPassword(String attempt)

Compares a given password attempt to the underlying password.

Parameters:

attempt - a potential match for the password

Returns:

true if parameter matches the password; false otherwise.