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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */ 
+package org.wamblee.security.authentication;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a set of users. Typical implementations would be an implementation
+ * based on a static configuration file or an implementation backed by a
+ * database.
+ * 
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ */
+public interface UserSet {
+    /**
+     * Creates a user.
+     * 
+     * @param aUsername
+     *            User name.
+     * @param aPassword
+     *            Password.
+     * 
+     * @return New user.
+     * 
+     * @throws UserMgtException
+     *             In case the user cannot be created.
+     */
+    User createUser(String aUsername, String aPassword)
+        throws UserMgtException;
+
+    /**
+     * Must be called whenever a user object has been modified to notify the
+     * user set.
+     * 
+     * @param aUser
+     *            Modified user.
+     */
+    void userModified(User aUser);
+
+    /**
+     * Finds user.
+     * 
+     * @param aName
+     *            Username.
+     * 
+     * @return User or null if not found.
+     */
+    User find(String aName);
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if a user exists.
+     * 
+     * @param aUser
+     *            User.
+     * 
+     * @return True iff the user exists.
+     */
+    boolean contains(User aUser);
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a user. If the user already exists, the user details are updated
+     * with that of the specified user object.
+     * 
+     * @param aUser
+     *            User to add.
+     * 
+     */
+    boolean add(User aUser);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes a user. 
+     *  
+     * @param aUser User to remove
+     * @return True iff user was removed.
+     * 
+     */
+    boolean remove(User aUser);
+
+    /**
+     * Lists the current users.
+     * 
+     * @return Users.
+     */
+    Set<User> list();
+
+    /**
+     * Lists the users belonging to a particular group.
+     * 
+     * @param aGroup
+     *            Group.
+     * @return Groups.
+     */
+    Set<User> list(Group aGroup);
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return The number of users.
+     */
+    int size();
+    
+    /**
+     * Clears the user cache. 
+     */
+    void clearCache();
+}