com.atlassian.jira.security
Interface JiraAuthenticationContext

public interface JiraAuthenticationContext

The JiraAuthenticationContext is used for tracking a user's session in JIRA and all it's custom parameters, such as Locale and I18n.

Method Summary

I18nHelper	getI18nBean() Deprecated. Use getI18nHelper() instead. Deprecated since v4.0
I18nHelper	getI18nHelper() Useful for localisation of messages.
Locale	getLocale() Get the users locale.
com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User	getLoggedInUser() Returns the currently logged in User.
OutlookDate	getOutlookDate() Method used to get a nice representation of a date using a user's locale.
String	getText(String key) Deprecated. Use getText() method on getI18nHelper().
User	getUser() Deprecated. use getLoggedInUser(). Since v4.3
void	setLoggedInUser(com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User user) This comes to use in places like Jelly where we need to switch the identity of a user during execution.
void	setUser(User user) Deprecated. use setLoggedInUser(com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User). Since v4.3

Method Detail

getUser

User getUser()

Deprecated. use getLoggedInUser(). Since v4.3

Returns the currently logged in User.

Returns:

The logged in User, or null

getLoggedInUser

com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User getLoggedInUser()

Returns the currently logged in User.

Returns:

The logged in User, or null

getLocale

Locale getLocale()

Get the users locale.

Returns:

The user's locale, or the default system locale.

getOutlookDate

OutlookDate getOutlookDate()

Method used to get a nice representation of a date using a user's locale.

Returns:

A OutlookDate

getText

@Deprecated
String getText(String key)

Deprecated. Use getText() method on getI18nHelper().

Parameters:

key - the text key

Returns:

the translated text

getI18nHelper

I18nHelper getI18nHelper()

Useful for localisation of messages.

Returns:

An instance of I18nHelper

getI18nBean

@Deprecated
I18nHelper getI18nBean()

Deprecated. Use getI18nHelper() instead. Deprecated since v4.0

Useful for localisation of messages.

Returns:

An instance of I18nHelper

setLoggedInUser

void setLoggedInUser(com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User user)

This comes to use in places like Jelly where we need to switch the identity of a user during execution.

Parameters:

user - the currently logged in user

setUser

void setUser(User user)

Deprecated. use setLoggedInUser(com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User). Since v4.3

This comes to use in places like Jelly where we need to switch the identity of a user during execution.

Parameters:

user - the currently logged in user