/****************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2004 Composent, Inc. and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Composent, Inc. - initial API and implementation
*****************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ecf.core.user;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;
import org.eclipse.ecf.core.identity.IIdentifiable;
/**
* Interface for arbitrary ECF system user. Instances represent a user within
* ECF providers and/or clients.
*/
public interface IUser extends IIdentifiable, Serializable, IAdaptable {
/**
* Get basic name for user. Will not return <code>null</code>.
* @return String name
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Get nick name for user.
*
* @return String the user's nickname. May be <code>null</code> if user
* has no nickname.
*/
public String getNickname();
/**
* Get map of properties associated with this user. May be <code>null</code>.
*
* @return Map properties
*/
public Map getProperties();
}