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package org.springframework.security.core.userdetails;

import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Provides core user information.
 *
 * <p>
 * Implementations are not used directly by Spring Security for security purposes. They
 * simply store user information which is later encapsulated into {@link Authentication}
 * objects. This allows non-security related user information (such as email addresses,
 * telephone numbers etc) to be stored in a convenient location.
 * <p>
 * Concrete implementations must take particular care to ensure the non-null contract
 * detailed for each method is enforced. See
 * {@link org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User} for a reference
 * implementation (which you might like to extend or use in your code).
 *
 * @see UserDetailsService
 * @see UserCache
 *
 * @author Ben Alex
 */
public interface UserDetails extends Serializable {
	// ~ Methods
	// ========================================================================================================

	/**
	 * Returns the authorities granted to the user. Cannot return <code>null</code>.
	 *
	 * @return the authorities, sorted by natural key (never <code>null</code>)
	 */
	Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getAuthorities();

	/**
	 * Returns the password used to authenticate the user.
	 *
	 * @return the password
	 */
	String getPassword();

	/**
	 * Returns the username used to authenticate the user. Cannot return <code>null</code>
	 * .
	 *
	 * @return the username (never <code>null</code>)
	 */
	String getUsername();

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the user's account has expired. An expired account cannot be
	 * authenticated.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the user's account is valid (ie non-expired),
	 * <code>false</code> if no longer valid (ie expired)
	 */
	boolean isAccountNonExpired();

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the user is locked or unlocked. A locked user cannot be
	 * authenticated.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the user is not locked, <code>false</code> otherwise
	 */
	boolean isAccountNonLocked();

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the user's credentials (password) has expired. Expired
	 * credentials prevent authentication.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the user's credentials are valid (ie non-expired),
	 * <code>false</code> if no longer valid (ie expired)
	 */
	boolean isCredentialsNonExpired();

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the user is enabled or disabled. A disabled user cannot be
	 * authenticated.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the user is enabled, <code>false</code> otherwise
	 */
	boolean isEnabled();
}
