Package com.atlassian.confluence.user.persistence.dao.compatibility

Class FindUserHelper

java.lang.Object

com.atlassian.confluence.user.persistence.dao.compatibility.FindUserHelper

public class FindUserHelper
extends Object

A utility class that centralises the 'hackyness' involved during the period we support both username related APIs and the change to user keys.

Find all usages of this class and you will find all the places that 'transitional hackyness' is taking place.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FindUserHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ConfluenceUser	getUser(@Nullable com.atlassian.user.User user)
static ConfluenceUser	getUserByUserKey(com.atlassian.sal.api.user.UserKey userKey)	Get a user by UserKey
static @Nullable ConfluenceUser	getUserByUsername(@Nullable String username)	Get a user by username.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

FindUserHelper

public FindUserHelper()

Method Details

getUserByUsername

public static @Nullable ConfluenceUser getUserByUsername(@Nullable String username)

Get a user by username.

Parameters:

username - the username of the user required

Returns:

user with the given username or null if the username is null or empty or no user is found.

getUserByUserKey

public static ConfluenceUser getUserByUserKey(com.atlassian.sal.api.user.UserKey userKey)

Get a user by UserKey

Parameters:

userKey -

Returns:

the identified user

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if no user can be found for the key

getUser

public static ConfluenceUser getUser(@Nullable com.atlassian.user.User user)

Returns:

ConfluenceUser (Hibernate) for the given user