/*
 * $Id: UserNameStore.java 1387 2006-09-11 22:37:44Z rbair $
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle,
 * Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package org.hdesktop.swingx.auth;

import org.hdesktop.beans.AbstractBean;

/**
 * <b>UsernameStore</b> is a class that implements persistence of usernames
 *
 * @author Bino George
 * @author rbair
 */
public abstract class UserNameStore extends AbstractBean {
    /**
     * Gets the current list of users.
     */
    public abstract String[] getUserNames();
    /**
     */
    public abstract void setUserNames(String[] names);
    /**
     * lifecycle method for loading names from persistent storage
     */
    public abstract void loadUserNames();
    /**
     * lifecycle method for saving name to persistent storage
     */
    public abstract void saveUserNames();
    /**
     */
    public abstract boolean containsUserName(String name);
    
    /**
     * Add a username to the store.
     * @param userName
     */
    public abstract void addUserName(String userName);
    
    /**
     * Removes a username from the list.
     * @param userName
     */
    public abstract void removeUserName(String userName);
}