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+<?php
+/**
+ * IUserManager interface file
+ *
+ * @author Qiang Xue <qiang.xue@gmail.com>
+ * @link http://www.pradosoft.com/
+ * @copyright Copyright &copy; 2005 PradoSoft
+ * @license http://www.pradosoft.com/license/
+ * @version $Revision: $  $Date: $
+ * @package System.Security
+ */
+
+/**
+ * IUserManager interface
+ *
+ * IUserManager specifies the interface that must be implemented by
+ * a user manager class if it is to be used together with {@link TAuthManager}
+ * and {@link TUser}.
+ *
+ * @author Qiang Xue <qiang.xue@gmail.com>
+ * @version $Revision: $  $Date: $
+ * @package System.Security
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+interface IUserManager
+{
+	/**
+	 * @return string name for a guest user.
+	 */
+	public function getGuestName();
+	/**
+	 * Returns a user instance given the user name.
+	 * @param string user name, null if it is a guest.
+	 * @return TUser the user instance, null if the specified username is not in the user database.
+	 */
+	public function getUser($username=null);
+	/**
+	 * Validates if the username and password are correct.
+	 * @param string user name
+	 * @param string password
+	 * @return boolean true if validation is successful, false otherwise.
+	 */
+	public function validateUser($username,$password);
+}
+
+?>
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