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1 /*****************************************
2  * *
3  * JBoss Portal: The OpenSource Portal *
4  * *
5  * Distributable under LGPL license. *
6  * See terms of license at gnu.org. *
7  * *
8  *****************************************/

9 package org.jboss.portal.server.user;
10
11 import java.util.Map JavaDoc;
12
13 import org.jboss.portal.server.ServerObject;
14 import org.jboss.portal.server.plugins.preferences.PreferenceStore;
15
16 /**
17  * The user context per container.
18  *
19  * @author <a HREF="mailto:julien@jboss.org">Julien Viet</a>
20  * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
21  */

22 public interface UserContext
23 {
24    /**
25     * Return the portlet object context, create a new one if necessary to avoid
26     * to return null.
27     */

28    ServerObjectContext getContext(ServerObject serverObject);
29
30    /**
31     * Returns the preferences.
32     */

33    PreferenceStore getPreferenceStore();
34
35    /**
36     * Return the user information attributes if the user is authenticated otherwise null.
37     */

38    Map JavaDoc getInformations();
39 }
40
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