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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-


class NoSuchUserError(ValueError):
    pass


class ShouldNotHappen(RuntimeError):
    pass


class Backend(object):
    """
    This is the backend class for the account management. It is
    stateless, so every request needs the authentication data again.

    * register a new user
      >> backend = Backend(app)
      >> foo = Account('foo','foo@bar.de', password='bar')
      >> backend.register(foo)

    * authenticate a new user
      >> backend = Backend(app)
      >> foo = backend.auth('foo', 'bar')

    * updates an account
      >> foo.change_mail('a@b.de')
      >> foo.change_password('newpw','oldpw')           # changes root password
      >> foo.change_password('newpw','oldpw', 'gitlab') # changes password for gitlab
      >> backend.update(foo)                            # save changes in the backend
      # save changes in the backend as admin user (no need for old password)
      >> backend.update(foo, as_admin=True)

    * delete an account
      >> backend = Backend(app)
      >> backend.delete(Account)
      >> backend.delete('foo')

    * find accounts
      >> backend = Backend(app)
      >> all_accounts = backend.find()         # find all accounts
      >> print([x.uid for x in all_accounts])
      >> backend.find_by_uid('test')           # find users by uid
      >> backend.get_by_uid('test')            # same, raise NoSuchUserError if no match
      >> backend.find_by_mail('test@test.de')  # find users by mail
      >> backend.find_by_uid('test*', wildcard=True) # find with wildcards
    """

    def __init__(self, app):
        self.app = app

        #: Exception type, that is raised if no matching user was found.
        self.NoSuchUserError = NoSuchUserError

    def auth(self, username, password):
        """
        Tries to authenticate a user with a given password. If the
        authentication is successful an Account object will be returned.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def get_by_uid(self, uid):
        """
        Find a single user by uid. Unlike find_by_uid, don't return a list but
        raise NoSuchUserError if there is no such user.
        """
        users = self.find_by_uid(uid)
        if len(users) == 0:
            raise NoSuchUserError('No such user')
        if len(users) > 1:
            raise ShouldNotHappen('Several users for one uid returned.')

        return users[0]

    def get_by_mail(self, mail):
        """
        Find a single user by mail. Unlike find_by_mail, don't return a list but
        raise NoSuchUserError if there is no such user.
        """
        users = self.find_by_mail(mail)
        if len(users) == 0:
            raise NoSuchUserError('No such user')
        if len(users) > 1:
            raise ShouldNotHappen('Several users for one mail returned.')

        return users[0]

    def find_by_uid(self, uid, wildcard=False):
        return self.find({'uid': uid}, wildcard)

    def find_by_mail(self, mail, wildcard=False):
        return self.find({'mail': mail}, wildcard)

    def find(self, filters=None, wildcard=False):
        """
        Find accounts by a given filter.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def register(self, account):
        """
        Persists an account in the backend.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def update(self, account, as_admin=False):
        """
        Updates account information like passwords or email.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def delete(self, account, password=None, as_admin=False):
        """
        Deletes an account permanently.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()