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+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Morris Jobke <hey@morrisjobke.de>
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, ownCloud, Inc.
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Public interface of ownCloud for apps to use.
+ * User Interface version 2
+ *
+ */
+
+// use OCP namespace for all classes that are considered public.
+// This means that they should be used by apps instead of the internal ownCloud classes
+namespace OCP;
+
+/**
+ * Interface IUserBackend
+ *
+ * @package OCP
+ * @since 8.0.0
+ */
+interface IUserBackend {
+
+	/**
+	 * Backend name to be shown in user management
+	 * @return string the name of the backend to be shown
+	 * @since 8.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getBackendName();
+
+}