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package cash.action;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import cash.config.ConfigManager;
import cash.model.User;
import cash.util.HibernateUtil;
import cash.validator.PasswordFormatValidator;

import net.sf.hibernate.LockMode;

/**
 * Edit a user
 * @author Joel Hockey
 * @version $Id: $
 */
public class EditAction extends HibernateAction {
    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(EditAction.class);

    private User m_user = new User();
    private String m_repeatPassword;

    /** return user to be edited. */
    public User getUser() { return m_user; }

    /** @param pwd repeat of password */
    public void setRepeatPassword(String pwd) { m_repeatPassword = pwd; }
    /** @return repeat password */
    public String getRepeatPassword() { return m_repeatPassword; }

    /** override super */
    public String execute() throws Exception {
        LOG.debug("EditAction started");

        // get original user from session, check that password is valid, update and save.
        User u = (User)get("user");
        HibernateUtil.currentSession().lock(u, LockMode.NONE);

        // check that password has actually changed before updating
        if (!PasswordFormatValidator.PASSWORD_MASK.equals(m_user.getPassword())) {
            if (!u.changePassword(m_user.getPassword())) {
                addFieldError("user.password", "password must be different to previous "
                    + ConfigManager.getConfig().getUser().getNoRepeatHistory() + " passwords");
                return INPUT;
            }
        }

        m_user.copy(u);
        HibernateUtil.currentSession().save(u);
        User loginUser = (User)get(LoginAction.LOGIN_USER);
        if (u.getId() == loginUser.getId()) {
            set(LoginAction.LOGIN_USER, u);
        }
        return SUCCESS;
    }
}