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+<?php
+/**
+ * An interface for user login classes
+ *
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
+ * @version 0.0.0
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2015 Core Developer Team
+ * @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
+ * @link http://www.shipsimu.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+interface LoginableUser extends FrameworkInterface {
+ /**
+ * Logins the user with the given request containing the credential. The
+ * result of the login can be thrown by exception or, if prefered stored
+ * in a boolean attribute which is then readable by a matching getter.
+ *
+ * @param $requestInstance An instance of a Requestable class
+ * @param $responseInstance An instance of a Responseable class
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function doLogin (Requestable $requestInstance, Responseable $responseInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * Check if the implementation is correct. Only the request instance is
+ * needed as no redirect is done here.
+ *
+ * @param $requestInstance An instance of a Requestable class
+ * @return
+ */
+ function testLogin (Requestable $requestInstance);
+}
+
+// [EOF]
+?>