com.lexmark.saperion.client.spi

Interface Connector

public interface Connector

A connector is bound to a specific saperion system. The communication protocol varies by implementation. Given valid user credentials of its saperion system it is able to connect, authenticate and create a service factory that uses the user context of the given credentials.

Author:

jschwarz

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ServiceFactory	changePassword(String userName, String oldPassword, String newPassword, LicenseEnumeration licenseType, String tenantName) This method connects to the saperion server, authenticates the given credentials, changes the password and creates a ServiceFactory that uses the user context of the given credentials.
ServiceFactory	connect(String userName, String password, LicenseEnumeration licenseType, String tenantName) This method connects to the saperion server, authenticates the given credentials and creates a ServiceFactory that uses the user context of the given credentials.

Method Detail

connect

ServiceFactory connect(String userName,
                       String password,
                       LicenseEnumeration licenseType,
                       String tenantName)
                throws EcmException

This method connects to the saperion server, authenticates the given credentials and creates a ServiceFactory that uses the user context of the given credentials.

Parameters:

userName - the name of the user

password - the password of the user

licenseType - the license used

tenantName - the name of the tenant of the user

Returns:

a ServiceFactory that uses the user context of the given credentials

Throws:

EcmException

changePassword

ServiceFactory changePassword(String userName,
                              String oldPassword,
                              String newPassword,
                              LicenseEnumeration licenseType,
                              String tenantName)
                       throws EcmException

This method connects to the saperion server, authenticates the given credentials, changes the password and creates a ServiceFactory that uses the user context of the given credentials. For a user that whose password is expired this is the only option to log in (and change the password) again.

Parameters:

userName - the name of the user

oldPassword - the old (possibly expired) password of the user

newPassword - the new password of the user

licenseType - the license used

tenantName - the name of the tenant of the user

Returns:

a ServiceFactory that uses the user context of the given credentials

Throws:

EcmException