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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim:set expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4:
+#
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+# LdapCherry
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Carpentier Pierre-Francois
+
+# This is a demo backend
+
+from ldapcherry.exceptions import MissingParameter
+from sets import Set
+import ldapcherry.backend
+import re
+
+
+class Backend(ldapcherry.backend.Backend):
+
+    def __init__(self, config, logger, name, attrslist, key):
+        """ Initialize the backend
+
+        :param config: the configuration of the backend
+        :type config: dict {'config key': 'value'}
+        :param logger: the cherrypy error logger object
+        :type logger: python logger
+        :param name: id of the backend
+        :type name: string
+        :param attrslist: list of the backend attributes
+        :type attrslist: list of strings
+        :param key: the key attribute
+        :type key: string
+        """
+        self.config = config
+        self._logger = logger
+        self.users = {}
+        self.backend_name = name
+        admin_user = self.get_param('admin.user', 'admin')
+        admin_password = self.get_param('admin.password', 'admin')
+        admin_groups = Set(re.split('\W+', self.get_param('admin.groups')))
+        basic_user = self.get_param('basic.user', 'user')
+        basic_password = self.get_param('basic.password', 'user')
+        basic_groups = Set(re.split('\W+', self.get_param('basic.groups')))
+        pwd_attr = self.get_param('pwd_attr')
+        self.search_attrs = Set(
+            re.split('\W+', self.get_param('search_attributes')),
+            )
+        self.pwd_attr = pwd_attr
+        self.admin_user = admin_user
+        self.basic_user = basic_user
+        self.key = key
+        self.users[admin_user] = {
+                key: admin_user,
+                pwd_attr: admin_password,
+                'groups': admin_groups,
+                }
+        self.users[basic_user] = {
+                key: basic_user,
+                pwd_attr: basic_password,
+                'groups': basic_groups,
+                }
+
+    def _check_fix_users(self, username):
+        if self.admin_user == username or self.basic_user == username:
+            raise Exception('User cannot be modified')
+
+    def auth(self, username, password):
+        """ Check authentication against the backend
+
+        :param username: 'key' attribute of the user
+        :type username: string
+        :param password: password of the user
+        :type password: string
+        :rtype: boolean (True is authentication success, False otherwise)
+        """
+        if username not in self.users:
+            return False
+        elif self.users[username][self.pwd_attr] == password:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def add_user(self, attrs):
+        """ Add a user to the backend
+
+        :param attrs: attributes of the user
+        :type attrs: dict ({<attr>: <value>})
+
+        .. warning:: raise UserAlreadyExists if user already exists
+        """
+        username = attrs[self.key]
+        if username in self.users:
+            raise UserAlreadyExists(username, self.backend_name)
+        self.users[username] = attrs
+        self.users[username]['groups'] = Set([])
+
+    def del_user(self, username):
+        """ Delete a user from the backend
+
+        :param username: 'key' attribute of the user
+        :type username: string
+
+        """
+        self._check_fix_users(username)
+        del self.users[username]
+
+    def set_attrs(self, username, attrs):
+        """ Set a list of attributes for a given user
+
+        :param username: 'key' attribute of the user
+        :type username: string
+        :param attrs: attributes of the user
+        :type attrs: dict ({<attr>: <value>})
+        """
+        self._check_fix_users(username)
+        for attr in attrs:
+            self.users[username][attr] = attrs[attr]
+
+    def add_to_groups(self, username, groups):
+        """ Add a user to a list of groups
+
+        :param username: 'key' attribute of the user
+        :type username: string
+        :param groups: list of groups
+        :type groups: list of strings
+        """
+        self._check_fix_users(username)
+        current_groups = self.users[username]['groups']
+        new_groups = current_groups | Set(groups)
+        self.users[username]['groups'] = new_groups
+
+    def del_from_groups(self, username, groups):
+        """ Delete a user from a list of groups
+
+        :param username: 'key' attribute of the user
+        :type username: string
+        :param groups: list of groups
+        :type groups: list of strings
+
+        .. warning:: raise GroupDoesntExist if group doesn't exist
+        """
+        self._check_fix_users(username)
+        current_groups = self.users[username]['groups']
+        new_groups = current_groups - Set(groups)
+        self.users[username]['groups'] = new_groups
+
+    def search(self, searchstring):
+        """ Search backend for users
+
+        :param searchstring: the search string
+        :type searchstring: string
+        :rtype: dict of dict ( {<user attr key>: {<attr>: <value>}} )
+        """
+        ret = {}
+        for user in self.users:
+            match = False
+            for attr in self.search_attrs:
+                if attr not in self.users[user]:
+                    pass
+                elif re.search(searchstring + '.*', self.users[user][attr]):
+                    match = True
+            if match:
+                ret[user] = self.users[user]
+        return ret
+
+    def get_user(self, username):
+        """ Get a user's attributes
+
+        :param username: 'key' attribute of the user
+        :type username: string
+        :rtype: dict ( {<attr>: <value>} )
+
+        .. warning:: raise UserDoesntExist if user doesn't exist
+        """
+        return self.users[username]
+
+    def get_groups(self, username):
+        """ Get a user's groups
+
+        :param username: 'key' attribute of the user
+        :type username: string
+        :rtype: list of groups
+        """
+        return self.users[username]['groups']