public static ForumUser getUserFor(int u, String name, ForumContext context) {
ForumUser user = ForumUser.getUserFor(u, context);
if (user != null) {
user.addAlias(name);
return user;
}
user = ForumUser.getUserFor(name, context);
if (user != null) {
if (user.getUserId() <= 0) user.setUserId(u);
else if (u != user.getUserId())
throw new IllegalArgumentException("ForumUser id mismatch: " + user);
user.addAlias(name);
return user;
}
user = new ForumUser(u, name, context);
user.addAlias(name);
context.getUserDatabase().addUser(user);
return user;
}
/**
* Uses the data from the given ForumUser to create a new user with the same data.
*
* @param oth The ForumUser to clone.
*/
protected ForumUser(ForumUser oth) {
this.userId = oth.getUserId();
this.name = oth.getName();
this.context = oth.getContext();
}
/**
* Returns true if this use has the same user id as the given user.
*
* @param o The ForumUser to compare to.
* @return
*/
public boolean equals(ForumUser o) {
if (o == null) return false;
return o.getUserId() == this.getUserId() && o.getContext().equals(this.getContext());
}