/**
* OLAT - Online Learning and Training<br>
* http://www.olat.org
* <p>
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); <br>
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* Copyright (c) since 2004 at Multimedia- & E-Learning Services (MELS),<br>
* University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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* <a href="http://www.openolat.org">
* OpenOLAT - Online Learning and Training</a><br>
* This file has been modified by the OpenOLAT community. Changes are licensed
* under the Apache 2.0 license as the original file.
*/
package org.olat.user;
/**
* Description: <br>
* Displays/Edit information a user wants do show to other users
* <P>
*
* Initial Date: July 15, 2005 <br>
* @author Alexander Schneider
*/
public interface HomePageConfigManager extends UserDataDeletable {
/**
* the filename used for saving the configuration information
*/
public static final String HOMEPAGECONFIG_XML = "HomePageConfig.xml";
/**
* Load the configuration of homepage. If the configuration is not existing, a
* new default homepage configuration is created, initialized with default
* values and persisted. Otherwise the configuration is loaded from the file
* system. If the <code>HomePageConfig</code>'s version does not match the
* loaded configuration version a procedure for converting/migrating to the
* new version is initiated.
*
* @param userName
* @return configuration for a homepage
*/
HomePageConfig loadConfigFor(String userName);
/**
* saves the configuration for the given user
*
* @param userName
* @param homePageConfig
*/
void saveConfigTo(String userName, HomePageConfig homePageConfig);
}