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/**
* Provides the interfaces and classes necessary to create custom
* user account data providers for Openfire.
* User accounts are handled separately from authentication. The three
* primary interfaces to implement are the UserIDProvider,
* UserAccountProvider, and UserInfoProvider. An overview of how these
* providers should be implemented and how they interact is described in
* the User Account Provider Guide included in the Openfire distribution.
* There are several Roster (a.k.a. Buddy List) related classes in the
* user package. Developers are strongly discouraged from implementing
* custom RosterProvider classes. Roster provider implementation is
* complicated and should be left to the Jive JDBC implementation if at
* all possible. There are no disadvantages in implementing user account
* data with custom providers to integrate Openfire with a CRM or ERP
* user system, while leaving roster storage in Jive's standard JDBC
* database tables. (Note: Openfire comes with JDBC and LDAP user account
* providers 'out of the box'. It is expected that LDAP will accomodate
* many enterprise integration needs).
*/
package org.jivesoftware.openfire.user;