auth.go: make user of generics in RequestUser

server/auth/auth.go

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
-
-	"git.phc.dm.unipi.it/aziis98/posti-dm/server/util"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ type Authenticator[UserID any, U User[UserID]] interface {
 	// SessionTokenFromUser returns a (new) session token that represents this user
 	SessionTokenFromUser(user UserID) (string, error)
 	// UserFromSessionToken returns the corresponding user for this session token or "service.ErrNoUserForSession"
-	UserFromSessionToken(session string) (U, error)
+	UserFromSessionToken(session string) (*U, error)
 
 	// AuthenticationFailed handles failed authentications
 	AuthenticationFailed(error) http.Handler
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ func (service *AuthSessionService[UserID, U]) Middleware(config *MiddlewareConfi
 			}
 
 			if config.RequireLogged {
-				userPerms, err := service.Authenticator.UserPermissions(user.UID())
+				userPerms, err := service.Authenticator.UserPermissions((*user).UID())
 				if err != nil {
 					service.Authenticator.OtherError(err).ServeHTTP(w, r)
 					return
@@ -181,21 +179,16 @@ func (service *AuthSessionService[UserID, U]) LoggedMiddleware() func(http.Handl
 	})
 }
 
-// RequestUser retrives the "userID" from the given request based on the cookie session token.
-// When generics arrive this will become something like
-//
-//	func (auth *AuthService[U]) RequestUser(r *http.Request) *U
-//
-// and will just return nil if no user is present.
-func (service *AuthSessionService[UserID, U]) RequestUser(r *http.Request) (U, error) {
+// RequestUser retrieves the "userID" from the given request based on the cookie session token.
+func (service *AuthSessionService[UserID, U]) RequestUser(r *http.Request) (*U, error) {
 	cookie, err := r.Cookie(service.SessionCookieName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return util.Zero[U](), err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	user, err := service.Authenticator.UserFromSessionToken(cookie.Value)
 	if err == ErrNoUserForSession {
-		return util.Zero[U](), err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return user, nil