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* $Id: User.java 105077 2012-02-24 22:54:29Z ottenhoff@longsight.com $
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package org.sakaiproject.user.api;
import java.util.Date;
import org.sakaiproject.entity.api.Entity;
import org.sakaiproject.time.api.Time;
/**
* <p>
* User models a Sakai end-user.
* </p>
*/
public interface User extends Entity, Comparable
{
/**
* @return the user who created this.
*/
User getCreatedBy();
/**
* @return the user who last modified this.
*/
User getModifiedBy();
/**
* @return the time created.
* @deprecated see {link {@link #getCreatedDate()}
*
*/
Time getCreatedTime();
/**
* @return the time created.
*/
Date getCreatedDate();
/**
* @return the time last modified.
* @deprecated see {link {@link #getModifiedDate()}
*/
Time getModifiedTime();
/**
* @return the time last modified.
*/
Date getModifiedDate();
/**
* Access the email address.
*
* @return The email address string.
*/
String getEmail();
/**
* Access the user's name for display purposes.
*
* @return The user's name for display purposes.
*/
String getDisplayName();
/**
* Access the user's name for sorting purposes.
*
* @return The user's name for sorting purposes.
*/
String getSortName();
/**
* Access the user's first name.
*
* @return The user's first name.
*/
String getFirstName();
/**
* Access the user's last name.
*
* @return The user's last name.
*/
String getLastName();
/**
* Check if this is the user's password.
*
* @param pw
* The clear text password to check.
* @return true if the password matches, false if not.
*/
boolean checkPassword(String pw);
/**
* Access the user type.
*
* @return The user type.
*/
String getType();
/**
* Access the user's enterprise id; the id they and the enterprise know as belonging to them.<br />
* The Enterprise id, like the User id, is unique among all defined users.<br />
* The EID may be used by the user to login, and will be used when communicating with the user directory provider.
*
* @return The user's enterprise id.
*/
String getEid();
/**
* Access a string portraying the user's enterprise identity, for display purposes.<br />
* Use this, not getEid(), when displaying the user's id, probably along with the user's sort or display name, for disambiguating purposes.
*
* @return The user's display id string.
*/
String getDisplayId();
}