/// <summary>
/// User Authentication.
/// This method uses the data access component to verify that the
/// current user exists in the database and authenticate it in case
/// the user exists by comparing passwords. If authenticated,
/// the current user gets all the fields from the obtained user.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>True if the has been properly authenticated and false
/// otherwise (no matter what reason).</returns>
public bool verifyUser()
{
bool verified = false;
UserDAC userDAC = new UserDAC();
// Obtain the full user with the same nickname from the database.
UserBE authUser = userDAC.getByNick(nickname);
string auxiliar = authUser.Password;
// Compare the nicknames, taking into account that if the user
// is not present in the database the fields will be empty
// and then the nicknames will not match. Compare the
// passwords to authenticate.
if (authUser.nickname == nickname && ValidatePassword(password, authUser.password))
{
this.Name = authUser.Name;
this.LastName = authUser.LastName;
this.Email = authUser.Email;
this.Credit = authUser.Credit;
this.ProfilePicture = authUser.ProfilePicture;
verified = true;
}
return verified;
}
/// <summary>
/// User Retrieval.
/// Retrieves an user from the database using the current user nickname.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The full user recovered from the DB.</returns>
public UserBE getUserByNick()
{
UserDAC userDAC = new UserDAC();
return userDAC.getByNick(nickname);
}