/**
* Checks the user's credentials.
*
* @param User $user The user to authenticate.
*
* @return boolean True in case, the user is allowed to login, false otherwise.
*
* @author Christian Achatz
* @version
* Version 0.1, 17.05.2009<br />
*/
public function validateCredentials(User $user)
{
$authCrit = new GenericCriterionObject();
$authCrit->addPropertyIndicator('Username', $user->getUsername());
$authCrit->addPropertyIndicator('Password', md5($user->getPassword()));
$gbUser = $this->orm->loadObjectByCriterion('User', $authCrit);
return $gbUser !== null;
}
/**
* Counts the News which exist for the given application key.
*
* @param string $appKey Optional. Default: Current context. The application identifier, which is used to differentiate different news instances.
*
* @return int The number of existing news.
*/
public function getNewsCount($appKey = null)
{
if ($appKey === null) {
$appKey = $this->getContext();
}
$crit = new GenericCriterionObject();
$crit->addPropertyIndicator('AppKey', $appKey);
return $this->ORM->loadObjectCount('News', $crit);
}
/**
* Loads the user by the generated ForgotPasswordHash
*
* @param string $hash The hash to reset the password
*
* @return UmgtUser|null The corresponding user or null if the user cannot be found.
*
* @author dave
* @version
* Version 0.1, 29.10.15<br />
*/
public function loadUserByForgotPasswordHash($hash)
{
$crit = new GenericCriterionObject();
$crit->addPropertyIndicator('ForgotPasswordHash', $hash);
return $this->getORMapper()->loadObjectByCriterion('User', $crit);
}
/**
* Loads the RecipientList with the given name, which belongs to the user.
*
* @param string $Name The name of the list which should be loaded
*
* @return RecipientList
*/
public function getRecipientListByName($Name)
{
$crit = new GenericCriterionObject();
$crit->addPropertyIndicator('Name', $Name);
return $this->User->loadRelatedObject('User2RecipientList', $crit);
}
