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Author: angela
Date: Wed Nov 20 11:02:33 2013
New Revision: 1543765
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1543765
Log:
OAK-791 : UserManagement: Document changes wrt Jackrabbit 2
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jackrabbit/oak/trunk/oak-doc/src/site/markdown/differences_user.md
Modified: jackrabbit/oak/trunk/oak-doc/src/site/markdown/differences_user.md
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@@ -14,69 +14,89 @@
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-## User Management : Differences to Jackrabbit 2.x
-### 1. Characteristics of the Default Implementation
+### User Management : Differences to Jackrabbit 2.x
+#### 1. Characteristics of the Default Implementation
The default user management implementation present with OAK always stores user/group information in the workspace associated with the editing Session (see Jackrabbit 2.x `UserPerWorkspaceUserManager`). The implementation of a user management variant corresponding to Jackrabbit's default `UserManagerImpl` is blocked by missing workspace handling (see [OAK-118]). The current user manager has the following characteristics that differ from the corresponding Jackrabbit implementation:
-#### General
+##### General
* Changes made to the user management API are always transient and require `Session#save()` to be persisted.
* In case of a failure `Session#refresh` is no longer called in order to prevent reverting other changes unrelated to the user management operation. Consequently it's the responsibility of the API consumer to specifically revert pending or invalid transient modifications.
* The implementation is no longer built on top of the JCR API but instead directly acts on `Tree` and `PropertyState` defined by the OAK API. This move allows to make use of the user management API within the OAK layer (aka SPI).
-#### User/Group Creation
+##### User/Group Creation
* The `rep:password` property is no longer defined to be mandatory. Therefore a new user might be created without specifying a password. Note however, that `User#changePassword` does not allow to remove the password property.
* `UserManager#createGroup(Principal)` will no longer generate a groupID in case the principal name collides with an existing user or group ID. This has been considered redundant as the Jackrabbit API in the mean time added `UserManager#createGroup(String groupID)`.
* Since OAK is designed to scale with flat hierarchies the former configuration options `autoExpandTree` and `autoExpandSize` are no longer supported.
-#### Handling of the Authorizable ID
+##### Handling of the Authorizable ID
* As of OAK the node type definition of `rep:Authorizable` defines a new property `rep:authorizableId` which is intended to store the ID of a user or group.
* The default implementation comes with a dedicated property index for `rep:authorizableId` which asserts the uniqueness of that ID.
* `Authorizable#getID` returns the string value contained in `rep:authorizableID` and for backwards compatibility falls back on the node name in case the ID property is missing.
* The name of the authorizable node is generated based on a configurable implementation of the `AuthorizableNodeName` interface (see configuration section below). By default it uses the ID as name hint and includes a conversion to a valid JCR node name.
-#### equals() and hashCode() for Authorizables
+##### equals() and hashCode() for Authorizables
The implementation of `Object#equals()` and `Object#hashCode()` for user and groups slightly differs from Jackrabbit 2.x. It no longer relies on the _sameness_ of the underlaying JCR node but only compares IDs and the user manager instance.
-#### The _everyone_ Group
-As in Jackrabbit 2.x the OAK implementation contains special handling for the optional group corresponding to the `EveryonePrincipal` which always contains all Authorizable as member. As of OAK this fact is consistently reflected in all group membership related methods.
-
-#### Query
-
-TODO: [OAK-949]
-
-#### Autosave Behavior
-Due to the nature of the UserManager (see above) we decided to drop the auto-save behavior in the default implementation present with OAK. Consequently,
+##### The _everyone_ Group
+As in Jackrabbit 2.x the OAK implementation contains special handling for the
+optional group corresponding to the `EveryonePrincipal` which always contains
+all Authorizable as member. As of OAK this fact is consistently reflected in all
+group membership related methods.
+
+##### Query
+
+The user query is expected to work as in Jackrabbit 2.x with the following notable
+differences:
+
+* `QueryBuilder#setScope(String groupID, boolean declaredOnly)` now also works properly
+ for the everyone group (see [OAK-949])
+* `QueryBuilder#impersonates(String principalName)` works properly for the admin
+ and system principal which are specially treated in the implementation of
+ the `Impersonation` interface (see [OAK-1183]).
+
+##### Autosave Behavior
+Due to the nature of the UserManager (see above) we decided to drop the auto-save
+behavior in the default implementation present with OAK. Consequently,
* `UserManager#autoSave(boolean)` throws `UnsupportedRepositoryOperationException`
* `UserManager#isAutoSave()` always returns `false`
-See also `PARAM_SUPPORT_AUTOSAVE` below; while this should not be needed if application code has been written against the Jackrabbit API (and thus testing if auto-save mode is enabled or not) this configuration option can be used as last resort.
-
-#### XML Import
-As of OAK 1.0 user and group nodes can be imported both with Session and Workspace import. The difference compare to Jackrabbit 2.x are listed below:
+See also `PARAM_SUPPORT_AUTOSAVE` below; while this should not be needed if
+application code has been written against the Jackrabbit API (and thus testing if
+auto-save mode is enabled or not) this configuration option can be used as last resort.
+
+##### XML Import
+As of OAK 1.0 user and group nodes can be imported both with Session and Workspace
+import. The difference compare to Jackrabbit 2.x are listed below:
* Importing an authorizable to another tree than the configured user/group node will only failed upon save (-> see `UserValidator` during the `Root#commit`). With Jackrabbit 2.x core it used to fail immediately.
* NEW: The `BestEffort` behavior is now also implemented for the import of impersonators (was missing in Jackrabbit /2.x).
* NEW: Workspace Import
-#### Group Membership
-With the default configuration Jackrabbit 2.x stores the group members as _weak references_ in a `rep:members` multi value property in the group node. If the `groupMembershipSplitSize` configuration parameter is set and valid, the group memberships are collected in a node structure below `rep:members` instead of the default multi valued property. Its value determines the maximum number of member properties until additional intermediate nodes are inserted. Valid parameter values are integers > 4. The node structure is a balanced b-tree where only the leave nodes carry the actual values in residual properties which name is the principal name of the member.
-
-**NOTE**: The following section is not valid until [OAK-482] is fixed.
-
-As of **Oak** the user manager automatically chooses an appropriate storage structure depending on the number of group members. If the number of members is low they are store as _weak references_ in a `rep:members` multi value property. This is similar to Jackrabbit 2.x. If the number of members is high the user manager will create an intermediate node list to reduce the size of the multi value properties below a `rep:membersList` node.
+##### Group Membership
-##### Related node types
- [rep:Group] > rep:Authorizable, rep:Members
- + rep:membersList (rep:MembersList) = rep:MembersList protected VERSION
+###### Behavior in Jackrabbit 2.x
+With the default configuration Jackrabbit 2.x stores the group members as
+_weak references_ in a `rep:members` multi value property in the group node.
+If the `groupMembershipSplitSize` configuration parameter is set and valid,
+the group memberships are collected in a node structure below `rep:members` instead
+of the default multi valued property. Its value determines the maximum number of
+member properties until additional intermediate nodes are inserted. Valid parameter
+values are integers > 4. The node structure is a balanced b-tree where only the
+leave nodes carry the actual values in residual properties which name is the
+principal name of the member.
- [rep:MembersList]
- + * (rep:Members) = rep:Members protected COPY
+###### Behavior as of OAK 1.0
+**NOTE**: The following section is not valid until [OAK-482] is fixed.
- [rep:Members]
- - rep:members (WEAKREFERENCE) protected multiple < 'rep:Authorizable'
+As of Oak the user manager automatically chooses an appropriate storage structure
+depending on the number of group members. If the number of members is low they
+are store as _weak references_ in a `rep:members` multi value property. This is
+similar to Jackrabbit 2.x. If the number of members is high the user manager
+will create an intermediate node list to reduce the size of the multi value properties
+below a `rep:membersList` node (see section
-##### Example Group with few members
+###### Example Group with few members
*(irrelevant properties excluded)*
{
@@ -93,7 +113,7 @@ As of **Oak** the user manager automatic
]
}
-##### Example Group with many members
+###### Example Group with many members
*(irrelevant properties excluded)*
{
@@ -121,22 +141,27 @@ As of **Oak** the user manager automatic
}
}
+*Note*: The exact threshold value that determines the storage strategy is an implementation detail and might even vary depending on the underlying persistence layer.
+###### Upgrading Groups from Jackrabbit 2.x to OAK content structure
+**TODO**
-*Note*: The exact threshold value that determines the storage strategy is an implementation detail and might even vary depending on the underlying persistence layer.
+###### Importing Group Members
+
+**TODO**
-### 2. Builtin Users
+#### 2. Builtin Users
The setup of builtin user and group accounts is triggered by the configured `WorkspaceInitializer` associated with the user management configuration (see Configuration section below).
The default user management implementation in OAK comes with an initializer that creates the following builtin user accounts (as in Jackrabbit 2.x):
-#### Administrator User
+##### Administrator User
The admin user is always being created. The ID of this user is retrieved from the user configuration parameter `PARAM_ADMIN_ID`, which defaults to `admin`.
As of OAK 1.0 however the administrator user might be created without initial password forcing the application to set the password upon start (see `PARAM_OMIT_ADMIN_PW` configuration parameter).
-#### Anonymous User
+##### Anonymous User
In contrast to Jackrabbit 2.x the anonymous (or guest) user is optional. Creation will be skipped if the value of the `PARAM_ANONYMOUS_ID` configuration parameter is `null` or empty.
Note, that the anonymous user will always be created without specifying a password in order to prevent login with SimpleCredentials.
@@ -145,7 +170,7 @@ The proper way to obtain a guest session
Repository#login(new GuestCredentials(), wspName);
-### 3. Authorizable Actions
+#### 3. Authorizable Actions
The former internal interface `AuthorizableAction` has been slightly adjusted to match OAK requirements and is now part of the public OAK SPI interfaces. In contrast to Jackrabbit-core the AuthorizableAction(s) now operate directly on the OAK API which eases the handling of implementation specific tasks such as writing protected items.
The example implementations of the `AuthorizableAction` interface present with OAK match the implementations available with Jackrabbit 2.x:
@@ -159,10 +184,11 @@ As in jackrabbit core the actions are ex
In order to match the OAK repository configuration setup and additional interface AuthorizableActionProvider has been introduced. See section Configuration below.
-### 4. Node Type Definitions
+#### 4. Node Type Definitions
The built-in node types related to user management tasks have been modified as follows:
-**TODO**: sync with membership section above
+**TODO: updated according to resolution of OAK-482**
+
[rep:Authorizable] > mix:referenceable, nt:hierarchyNode
abstract
@@ -171,79 +197,48 @@ The built-in node types related to user
- rep:authorizableId (STRING) protected /* @since oak 1.0 */
- * (UNDEFINED)
- * (UNDEFINED) multiple
-
+
+ [rep:Group] > rep:Authorizable
+ + rep:members (rep:Members) = rep:Members multiple protected VERSION /* FIXME: SNS definition */
+ - rep:members (WEAKREFERENCE) protected multiple < 'rep:Authorizable'
+
[rep:Members]
orderable
+ * (rep:Members) = rep:Members protected multiple /* FIXME: SNS definition */
- * (WEAKREFERENCE) protected < 'rep:Authorizable' /* FIXME: OAK-482 */
-### 5. API Extensions
+#### 5. API Extensions
The OAK project introduces the following user management related public
interfaces and classes:
-* `org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.user.*`
- <dl>
- <dt>
- `AuthorizableNodeName`
- </dt>
- <dd>
- Defines the generation of the authorizable node names in
- case the user management implementation stores user information in the repository.
- </dd>
- <dt>
- `AuthorizableType`
- </dt>
- <dd>
- Ease handling with the different authorizable types.
- </dd>
- <dt>
- `UserConstants`
- </dt>
- <dd>
- Constants (NOTE: OAK names/paths)
- </dd>
- </dl>
-
-* `org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.user.action.*`
- <dl>
- <dt>
- `AuthorizableAction`
- </dt>
- <dd>
- (see above)
- </dd>
- <dt>
- `AuthorizableActionProvider`
- </dt>
- <dd>
- (see above)
- </dd>
- </dl>
-
-* `org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.user.util.*`
- <dl>
- <dt>
- `PasswordUtil`
- </dt>
- <dd>
- Utilities for password generation. This utility corresponds to the
- internal jackrabbit utility. As of OAK it also supports Password-Based Key
- Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2) function for password generation.
- </dd>
- <dt>
- `UserUtil`
- </dt>
- <dd>
- Utilities related to general user management tasks.
- </dd>
- </dl>
-
-### 6. Configuration
-* User Configuration []
- * getUserManager: Obtain a new user manager instance
- * getAuthorizableActionProvider: Obtain a new instance of the AuthorizableActionProvider (see above)
+`org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.user.*`
+
+- `AuthorizableNodeName` : Defines the generation of the authorizable node names
+ in case the user management implementation stores user information in the repository.
+- `AuthorizableType` : Ease handling with the different authorizable types.
+- `UserConstants` : Constants (NOTE: OAK names/paths)
+
+`org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.user.action.*`
+
+- `AuthorizableAction` : (see above)
+- `AuthorizableActionProvider` : (see above)
+
+`org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.user.util.*`
+
+- `PasswordUtil` : Utilities for password generation. This utility corresponds
+ to the internal jackrabbit utility.
+ As of OAK it also supports Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2)
+ function for password generation.
+- `UserUtil` : Utilities related to general user management tasks.
+
+#### 6. Configuration
+
+The following configuration options are present with the `UserConfiguration` as of OAK 1.0:
+
+* getUserManager: Obtain a new user manager instance
+* getAuthorizableActionProvider: Obtain a new instance of the AuthorizableActionProvider (see above)
-#### Configuration Parameters supported by the default implementation
+##### Configuration Parameters supported by the default implementation
| Parameter | Type | Default |
|-------------------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------|
@@ -266,10 +261,13 @@ The following configuration parameters p
* "autoExpandTree"
* "autoExpandSize"
+#### 7. References
+**TODO**
<!-- hidden references -->
[OAK-118]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-118
[OAK-482]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-482
[OAK-793]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-793
-[OAK-949]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-949
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+[OAK-949]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-949
+[OAK-1183]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-1183
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