User


1   package de.webman.sync;
2   
3   import java.util.List  ;
4   
5   /**
6    * Represents a user as returned from an access control adaptor
7    *
8    * @author <a HREF="mailto:gregor@webman.de">Gregor Klinke</a>
9    * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
10   **/
11  public interface User 
12  {
13      /* $Id: User.java,v 1.2 2002/04/12 14:56:01 gregor Exp $ */
14  
15      /**
16       * returns a list of all webman groups the user is listed in the
17       * external acl system for.  The list contains java.lang.String
18       * elements. 
19       * @return s.a.
20       */
21      List   getGroups();
22  
23      /**
24       * returns the id of the user in the acl system specific format.
25       * @return s.a.
26       */
27      String   getID();
28      
29      /**
30       * returns the id of the user in the webman specific format (the
31       * "login" name) 
32       * @return s.a.
33       */
34      String   getWebmanName();
35  
36      /**
37       * returns a display name of the user (which is maybe his/her real name)
38       * @return s.a.
39       **/
40      String   getDisplayName();
41  
42      /**
43       * returns <code>true</code> if the user entry has been changed/added
44       * in the external acl system 
45       * @return s.a.
46       */
47      boolean isDirty();
48  }
49

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