MDL-27953 auth: introduced new function can_be_manually_set() to the …

…authentication base class

admin/tool/uploaduser/locallib.php

@@ -321,12 +321,13 @@ function uu_process_template_callback($username, $firstname, $lastname, $block)
  * @return array type=>name
  */
 function uu_supported_auths() {
-    // only following plugins are guaranteed to work properly
-    $whitelist = array('manual', 'nologin', 'none', 'email');
+    // Get all the enabled plugins.
     $plugins = get_enabled_auth_plugins();
     $choices = array();
     foreach ($plugins as $plugin) {
-        if (!in_array($plugin, $whitelist)) {
+        $objplugin = get_auth_plugin($plugin);
+        // If the plugin can not be manually set skip it.
+        if (!$objplugin->can_be_manually_set()) {
             continue;
         }
         $choices[$plugin] = get_string('pluginname', "auth_{$plugin}");

auth/email/auth.php

@@ -195,6 +195,15 @@ function can_reset_password() {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if plugin can be manually set.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    function can_be_manually_set() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Prints a form for configuring this authentication plugin.
      *

auth/ldap/auth.php

@@ -509,6 +509,15 @@ function can_reset_password() {
         return !empty($this->config->stdchangepassword);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if plugin can be manually set.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    function can_be_manually_set() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns true if plugin allows signup and user creation.
      *

auth/manual/auth.php

@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ function can_reset_password() {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if plugin can be manually set.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    function can_be_manually_set() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Prints a form for configuring this authentication plugin.
      *

auth/nologin/auth.php

@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ function can_reset_password() {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if plugin can be manually set.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    function can_be_manually_set() {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
 
 

auth/none/auth.php

@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ function can_reset_password() {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if plugin can be manually set.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    function can_be_manually_set() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Prints a form for configuring this authentication plugin.
      *

lib/authlib.php

@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ class auth_plugin_base {
     var $customfields = null;
 
     /**
-
      * This is the primary method that is used by the authenticate_user_login()
      * function in moodlelib.php.
      *
@@ -509,6 +508,21 @@ function is_captcha_enabled() {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether or not this authentication plugin can be manually set
+     * for users, for example, when bulk uploading users.
+     *
+     * This should be overriden by authentication plugins where setting the
+     * authentication method manually is allowed.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     * @since 2.6
+     */
+    function can_be_manually_set() {
+        // Override if needed.
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a list of potential IdPs that this authentication plugin supports.
      * This is used to provide links on the login page.
@@ -550,7 +564,6 @@ public function get_custom_user_profile_fields() {
 
         return $this->customfields;
     }
-
 }
 
 /**