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21  
22  package org.opencastproject.security.api;
23  
24  /**
25   * Provides access to the current user's username and roles, if any.
26   */
27  public interface SecurityService {
28  
29    /**
30     * Gets the current user, or the local organization's anonymous user if the user has not been authenticated.
31     *
32     * @return the user
33     * @throws IllegalStateException
34     *           if no organization is set in the security context
35     */
36    User getUser() throws IllegalStateException;
37  
38    /**
39     * Gets the organization associated with the current thread context.
40     *
41     * @return the organization
42     */
43    Organization getOrganization();
44  
45    /**
46     * Gets the current user's IP or null if unable to determine the User's IP.
47     *
48     * @return The current user's IP.
49     */
50    String getUserIP();
51  
52    /**
53     * Sets the organization for the calling thread.
54     *
55     * @param organization
56     *          the organization
57     */
58    void setOrganization(Organization organization);
59  
60    /**
61     * Sets the current thread's user context to another user. This is useful when spawning new threads that must contain
62     * the parent thread's user context.
63     *
64     * @param user
65     *          the user to set for the current user context
66     */
67    void setUser(User user);
68  
69    /**
70     * Sets the current thread's user's IP address.
71     *
72     * @param userIP
73     *          The IP address of the user.
74     */
75    void setUserIP(String userIP);
76  
77  }