/**
* Changes role of user, new role is taken from html selection box. User is found with provided
* email.
*
* @param email <code>String</code> type value of user email
* @param role <code>String</code> type value of new user role
* @return <code>boolean</code> type value true if user is successfully updated, false if not
*/
public static boolean changeUserRole(String email, String role) {
AppUser user = AppUser.getUserByEmail(email);
if (user != null) {
if ("buyer".equals(role)) {
user.userAccessLevel = UserAccessLevel.BUYER;
} else if ("seller".equals(role)) {
user.userAccessLevel = UserAccessLevel.SELLER;
} else if ("hotelmanager".equals(role)) {
user.userAccessLevel = UserAccessLevel.HOTEL_MANAGER;
}
try {
user.update();
return true;
} catch (PersistenceException e) {
ErrorLogger.createNewErrorLogger("Failed to change user role.", e.getMessage());
return false;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Saves new user to database, user is checked for being null value, depending on userType, seller
* doesn't have to authenticate email address.
*
* @param user <code>AppUser</code> type value of user
* @param userType <code>String</code> type value of user type
* @return <code>boolean</code> type value if user is successfully saved to database, false if not
*/
public static boolean saveNewUser(AppUser user, String userType) {
if (user != null) {
user.hashPass();
user.token = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
user.androidToken = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
if (Constants.USER_SELLER.equals(userType)) {
user.userAccessLevel = UserAccessLevel.SELLER;
user.validated = Constants.VALIDATED_USER;
}
try {
user.save();
return true;
} catch (PersistenceException e) {
ErrorLogger.createNewErrorLogger(
"Failed to save user. Possible duplicate email entry.", e.getMessage());
return false;
}
}
return false;
}