jet.server.api
Interface UserPreferenceManager

public interface UserPreferenceManager

Interface UserPrefernceManager manages the user preferences.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	get(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String key) Gets the user preference item value by user name and preference key.
java.util.Properties	getDefaultUserPreference() Gets the default user preference setting.
java.util.Properties	getUserPreference(java.lang.String userName) Gets the user preference by user name.
java.util.Properties	getUserPreference(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String keyPrefix) Gets the user preference by user name and preference key prefix, such as "dhtml." or "dsb."
void	saveDefaultUserPreference(java.util.Properties defaultPreference) Saves the specific user preference setting as the default.
void	saveUserPreference(java.lang.String userName, java.util.Properties preference) Saves the user preference by user name.
void	set(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Sets the user preference item value.
boolean	useDefaultUserPreference(java.lang.String userName) Changes the specific user preference setting to default.
boolean	useDefaultUserPreference(java.lang.String userName, java.util.List<java.lang.String> keys) Changes the specific user preference setting which specified by the keys to default.

Method Detail

getUserPreference

java.util.Properties getUserPreference(java.lang.String userName)

Gets the user preference by user name.

Parameters:

userName - the user name, same as user ID

Returns:

the user preference properties which include: the preference items, for example, APIConst.PREFERENCE_NAME_DEFAULT_VIEW_FORMAT, used to set default format for viewing reports, its values are defined in APIConst, such as APIConst.HTML, APIConst.PDF, APIConst.TEXT, APIConst.EXCEL, APIConst.PS, APIConst.RTF, APIConst.XML and give run report parameter. APIConst.POPUP_DHTML_WINDOW, used to specify whether to pop up a new window for DHTML, its values are true or false, true to pop up new window. APIConst.PREFERENCE_NAME_DAYS_DEFINITION_FOR_COMPLETED, used to specify the number of days that JReport Server must keep the completed tasks in the completed task list, a setting of 0 will keep all completed tasks. etc, and the column's name, used to set which columns will be shown when you log on JReport Server, for example, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_REPORTS_NAME, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_SCHEDULED_TASK_ID, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_ACTIVE_TASK_ID, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_COMPLETED_REPORT, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_VERSION_VERSION_DATE etc, all of their values are boolean. If the value is true, the column will be shown on the web page.

saveUserPreference

void saveUserPreference(java.lang.String userName,
                        java.util.Properties preference)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Saves the user preference by user name.

Parameters:

userName - the user name, same as user ID

preference - a subset of all preference items, the preference properties include: the preference items, for example, APIConst.PREFERENCE_NAME_DEFAULT_VIEW_FORMAT, APIConst.POPUP_DHTML_WINDOW, APIConst.PREFERENCE_NAME_DAYS_DEFINITION_FOR_COMPLETED etc, and the column's name, for example, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_REPORTS_NAME, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_SCHEDULED_TASK_ID, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_ACTIVE_TASK_ID, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_COMPLETED_REPORT, APIConst.COLUMN_NAME_VERSION_VERSION_DATE etc.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - will be thrown if the saving failed.

getDefaultUserPreference

java.util.Properties getDefaultUserPreference()

Gets the default user preference setting.

Returns:

the default user preference properties.

saveDefaultUserPreference

void saveDefaultUserPreference(java.util.Properties defaultPreference)
                               throws java.io.IOException

Saves the specific user preference setting as the default.

Parameters:

defaultPreference - the specific user preference properties.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - will be thrown if the saving failed.

useDefaultUserPreference

boolean useDefaultUserPreference(java.lang.String userName)

Changes the specific user preference setting to default.

Parameters:

userName - the user name, same as user ID

Returns:

true if the operation is successful, false if the operation failed.

useDefaultUserPreference

boolean useDefaultUserPreference(java.lang.String userName,
                                 java.util.List<java.lang.String> keys)

Changes the specific user preference setting which specified by the keys to default.

Parameters:

userName - the user name, same as user ID

keys - the property keys to reset to default setting

Returns:

true if the operation is successful, false if the operation failed.

getUserPreference

java.util.Properties getUserPreference(java.lang.String userName,
                                       java.lang.String keyPrefix)

Gets the user preference by user name and preference key prefix, such as "dhtml." or "dsb."

Parameters:

userName - the user name, same as user ID

keyPrefix - same as property value

Returns:

the user preference properties.

get

java.lang.String get(java.lang.String userName,
                     java.lang.String key)

Gets the user preference item value by user name and preference key.

Parameters:

userName - the user name, same as user ID

key - same as property key

Returns:

preference item value

set

void set(java.lang.String userName,
         java.lang.String key,
         java.lang.String value)
         throws java.io.IOException

Sets the user preference item value.

Parameters:

userName - the user name, same as user ID

key - same as property key

value - same as property value

Throws:

java.io.IOException