UserProvider (Silverpeas Core 6.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultUserProvider
```
public interface UserProvider
```
In charge of providing users.

Author:

Yohann Chastagnier

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static UserProvider`	`get()`	Gets the instance of the implementation of the interface.
`default User`	`getCurrentRequester()`	Gets the user that is behind the current request in Silverpeas.
`default User`	`getMainAdministrator()`	Gets the main administrator of Silverpeas.
`User`	`getSystemUser()`	Gets the system user in Silverpeas.
`User`	`getUser(String userId)`	Gets a user from the specified identifier.

- Method Detail
  - get
```
static UserProvider get()
```
    Gets the instance of the implementation of the interface.
    
    Returns:
    
    an implementation of UserProvider.
  - getUser
```
User getUser(String userId)
```
    Gets a user from the specified identifier.
    
    Parameters:
    
    userId - a user identifier as string.
    
    Returns:
    
    a user instance of User.
  - getCurrentRequester
```
default User getCurrentRequester()
```
    Gets the user that is behind the current request in Silverpeas.
    
    Returns:
    
    a user instance of User.
  - getMainAdministrator
```
default User getMainAdministrator()
```
    Gets the main administrator of Silverpeas. It is a system account created during the installation of Silverpeas. This is by this system account that all the setting up of Silverpeas is performed (spaces, domains, application instances, ...).
    
    Returns:
    
    the main administrator of Silverpeas.
  - getSystemUser
```
User getSystemUser()
```
    Gets the system user in Silverpeas. A system user is virtuel one under which some userless processes are performed like the batches one.
    
    Returns:
    
    the system user of Silverpeas (a virtual user, id est without any user account)