/// <summary>
/// Checks if the input user is a valid, existing user, with a correct password, and sets them to the current user.
/// Also adds the stored voicetype to the user object that is authenticated.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="tUser">The user to authenticate, as an MPAiUser object. This is passed by reference.</param>
/// <returns>True if the user exists already, false otherwise.</returns>
public static bool AuthenticateUser(ref MPAiUser tUser)
{
// This changes the field, as the property's setter is designed to be used from outside the class, and would cause this to break.
if (allUsers.Contains(tUser) && GetUser(tUser.getName()).codeCorrect(tUser.getCode()))
{
MPAiUser user = GetUser(tUser.getName());
currentUser = user; // Set the user as the current user.
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Override for equals().
/// Two users with the same username are considered the same user.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to be compared to the current user.</param>
/// <returns>True if the user and the object are the same thing, false otherwise.</returns>
public override bool Equals(System.Object obj)
{
if (obj is MPAiUser)
{
MPAiUser otherUser = (MPAiUser)obj;
if (userName == null || passWord == null)
{
return(false);
}
return(getName() == otherUser.getName());
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Checks whether the input user already exists in the system.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="candidate">The user to check, as an MPAiUser.</param>
/// <returns>True if the user is in the system, false if not.</returns>
public static bool ContainsUser(MPAiUser candidate)
{
return(ContainsUser(candidate.getName()));
}