UserBackend-Interface begonnen

8 files changed, 555 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/Common/Makefile.am b/src/Common/Makefile.am
index bf4df4e..20daebb 100644
--- a/src/Common/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Common/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 SUBDIRS = Backends Requests RequestHandlers
 
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES   = libcommon.la
-libcommon_la_SOURCES = ConfigEntry.cpp ConfigManager.cpp Exception.cpp Initializable.cpp Logger.cpp LogManager.cpp RequestManager.cpp SystemBackend.cpp Tokenizer.cpp
+libcommon_la_SOURCES = ConfigEntry.cpp ConfigManager.cpp Exception.cpp Initializable.cpp Logger.cpp \
+                       LogManager.cpp RequestManager.cpp SystemBackend.cpp Tokenizer.cpp
 libcommon_la_LIBADD  = Backends/libbackends.la Requests/librequests.la RequestHandlers/librequesthandlers.la
 
-noinst_HEADERS       = ConfigEntry.h ConfigManager.h Configurable.h Exception.h HostInfo.h Initializable.h Logger.h LoggerBase.h LogManager.h RemoteLogger.h Request.h RequestBase.h \
+noinst_HEADERS       = ConfigEntry.h ConfigManager.h Configurable.h Exception.h HostInfo.h Initializable.h \
+                       Logger.h LoggerBase.h LogManager.h RemoteLogger.h Request.h RequestBase.h \
                        RequestHandler.h RequestManager.h SharedPtr.h SystemBackend.h Tokenizer.h
diff --git a/src/Common/Makefile.in b/src/Common/Makefile.in
index 15cf675..3bd9f4a 100644
--- a/src/Common/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Common/Makefile.in
@@ -201,9 +201,12 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 SUBDIRS = Backends Requests RequestHandlers
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libcommon.la
-libcommon_la_SOURCES = ConfigEntry.cpp ConfigManager.cpp Exception.cpp Initializable.cpp Logger.cpp LogManager.cpp RequestManager.cpp SystemBackend.cpp Tokenizer.cpp
+libcommon_la_SOURCES = ConfigEntry.cpp ConfigManager.cpp Exception.cpp Initializable.cpp Logger.cpp \
+                       LogManager.cpp RequestManager.cpp SystemBackend.cpp Tokenizer.cpp
+
 libcommon_la_LIBADD = Backends/libbackends.la Requests/librequests.la RequestHandlers/librequesthandlers.la
-noinst_HEADERS = ConfigEntry.h ConfigManager.h Configurable.h Exception.h HostInfo.h Initializable.h Logger.h LoggerBase.h LogManager.h RemoteLogger.h Request.h RequestBase.h \
+noinst_HEADERS = ConfigEntry.h ConfigManager.h Configurable.h Exception.h HostInfo.h Initializable.h \
+                       Logger.h LoggerBase.h LogManager.h RemoteLogger.h Request.h RequestBase.h \
                        RequestHandler.h RequestManager.h SharedPtr.h SystemBackend.h Tokenizer.h
 
 all: all-recursive
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f08197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Backends/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
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+
+noinst_HEADERS         = 
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diff --git a/src/Core/Makefile.am b/src/Core/Makefile.am
index fa7bb9e..f7d6289 100644
--- a/src/Core/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Core/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-SUBDIRS = Requests RequestHandlers
+SUBDIRS = Backends Requests RequestHandlers
 
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libcore.la
 
-libcore_la_SOURCES = ConnectionManager.cpp
-libcore_la_LIBADD  = Requests/librequests.la RequestHandlers/librequesthandlers.la
+libcore_la_SOURCES = ConnectionManager.cpp UserBackend.cpp
+libcore_la_LIBADD  = Backends/libbackends.la Requests/librequests.la RequestHandlers/librequesthandlers.la
 
-noinst_HEADERS     = ConnectionManager.h
+noinst_HEADERS     = ConnectionManager.h UserBackend.h
diff --git a/src/Core/Makefile.in b/src/Core/Makefile.in
index a190ccd..db598e5 100644
--- a/src/Core/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Core/Makefile.in
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ mkinstalldirs = $(install_sh) -d
 CONFIG_HEADER = $(top_builddir)/src/config.h
 CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES =
 LTLIBRARIES = $(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)
-libcore_la_DEPENDENCIES = Requests/librequests.la \
-	RequestHandlers/librequesthandlers.la
-am_libcore_la_OBJECTS = ConnectionManager.lo
+libcore_la_DEPENDENCIES = Backends/libbackends.la \
+	Requests/librequests.la RequestHandlers/librequesthandlers.la
+am_libcore_la_OBJECTS = ConnectionManager.lo UserBackend.lo
 libcore_la_OBJECTS = $(am_libcore_la_OBJECTS)
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@ -I$(top_builddir)/src
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/depcomp
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 target_alias = @target_alias@
 top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
-SUBDIRS = Requests RequestHandlers
+SUBDIRS = Backends Requests RequestHandlers
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libcore.la
-libcore_la_SOURCES = ConnectionManager.cpp
-libcore_la_LIBADD = Requests/librequests.la RequestHandlers/librequesthandlers.la
-noinst_HEADERS = ConnectionManager.h
+libcore_la_SOURCES = ConnectionManager.cpp UserBackend.cpp
+libcore_la_LIBADD = Backends/libbackends.la Requests/librequests.la RequestHandlers/librequesthandlers.la
+noinst_HEADERS = ConnectionManager.h UserBackend.h
 all: all-recursive
 
 .SUFFIXES:
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ distclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.tab.c
 
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/ConnectionManager.Plo@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/UserBackend.Plo@am__quote@
 
 .cpp.o:
 @am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(CXXCOMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
diff --git a/src/Core/UserBackend.cpp b/src/Core/UserBackend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccb5e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/UserBackend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * UserBackend.cpp
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Matthias Schiffer <matthias@gamezock.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "UserBackend.h"
+
+namespace Mad {
+namespace Core {
+
+std::set<UserBackend*, UserBackend::Compare> UserBackend::backends;
+
+
+bool UserBackend::getUserList(const sigc::slot<void, const std::map<unsigned long, UserInfo>& > &callback) {
+  for(std::set<UserBackend*>::iterator backend = backends.begin(); backend != backends.end(); ++backend) {
+    if((*backend)->userList(callback))
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool UserBackend::getUserInfo(unsigned long uid, const sigc::slot<void, const UserInfo&> &callback) {
+  for(std::set<UserBackend*>::iterator backend = backends.begin(); backend != backends.end(); ++backend) {
+    if((*backend)->userInfo(uid, callback))
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool UserBackend::setPassword(unsigned long uid, const std::string &password, const sigc::slot<void, bool> &callback) {
+  for(std::set<UserBackend*>::iterator backend = backends.begin(); backend != backends.end(); ++backend) {
+    if((*backend)->password(uid, password, callback))
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/Core/UserBackend.h b/src/Core/UserBackend.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6031d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/UserBackend.h
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * UserBackend.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Matthias Schiffer <matthias@gamezock.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MAD_CORE_USERBACKEND_H_
+#define MAD_CORE_USERBACKEND_H_
+
+#include <map>
+#include <set>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <sigc++/signal.h>
+
+
+namespace Mad {
+namespace Core {
+
+class UserBackend {
+  private:
+    struct Compare {
+      bool operator() (const UserBackend *b1, const UserBackend *b2) {
+        if(b1->getPriority() == b2->getPriority())
+          return (b1 > b2);
+        else
+          return (b1->getPriority() > b2->getPriority());
+      }
+    };
+
+    static std::set<UserBackend*, Compare> backends;
+
+  public:
+    struct UserInfo {
+      unsigned long uid;
+      unsigned long gid;
+
+      std::vector<unsigned long> gids;
+
+      std::string username;
+      std::string fullName;
+    };
+
+  protected:
+    UserBackend() {}
+
+    static void registerBackend(UserBackend *backend) {
+      backends.insert(backend);
+    }
+
+    static void unregisterBackend(UserBackend *backend) {
+      backends.erase(backend);
+    }
+
+    virtual bool userList(const sigc::slot<void, const std::map<unsigned long, UserInfo>& >&) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    virtual bool userInfo(unsigned long, const sigc::slot<void, const UserInfo&>&) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    virtual bool password(unsigned long, const std::string&, const sigc::slot<void, bool>&) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    virtual int getPriority() const {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+  public:
+    virtual ~UserBackend() {}
+
+    static bool getUserList(const sigc::slot<void, const std::map<unsigned long, UserInfo>& > &callback);
+    static bool getUserInfo(unsigned long uid, const sigc::slot<void, const UserInfo&> &callback);
+
+    static bool setPassword(unsigned long uid, const std::string &password, const sigc::slot<void, bool> &callback);
+};
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif /* MAD_CORE_USERBACKEND_H_ */