docs(IUserSession): Improve interface docs

Signed-off-by: Josh <josh.t.richards@gmail.com>
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Josh 2025-12-21 19:57:18 -05:00
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<?php
/**
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 ownCloud, Inc.
* SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
*/
// use OCP namespace for all classes that are considered public.
// This means that they should be used by apps instead of the internal Nextcloud classes
namespace OCP;
/**
* User session
* Interface for managing and querying user session state.
*
* Provides methods for authenticating users, accessing the active user,
* and handling login/logout functionality in a Nextcloud server session.
* @since 6.0.0
*/
interface IUserSession {
/**
* Do a user login
* Attempts to authenticate the given user and start a session.
*
* @param string $uid the username
* @param string $password the password
* @return bool true if successful
* @param string $uid The user's unique identifier (username).
* @param string $password The user's plain-text password.
* @return bool True on successful login, false otherwise.
* @since 6.0.0
*/
public function login($uid, $password);
/**
* Logs the user out including all the session data
* Logout, destroys session
* Logs out the current user and terminates their session.
*
* Clears authentication tokens and user-related session data.
*
* @return void
* @since 6.0.0
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public function logout();
/**
* set the currently active user
* Sets the current active user for this session.
*
* @param \OCP\IUser|null $user
* Pass null to clear the active user and log out any existing session.
*
* @param \OCP\IUser|null $user The user to set as active, or null to unset.
* @since 8.0.0
*/
public function setUser($user);
/**
* Temporarily set the currently active user without persisting in the session
* Temporarily sets the active user for this session without persisting it in the session storage.
*
* @param IUser|null $user
* Useful for request-scoped user overrides that do not affect the actual session state.
*
* @param \OCP\IUser|null $user The user to set as active, or null to clear.
* @since 29.0.0
*/
public function setVolatileActiveUser(?IUser $user): void;
/**
* get the current active user
* Returns the currently authenticated user for this session, or null if the session has no active user.
*
* @return \OCP\IUser|null Current user, otherwise null
* @return \OCP\IUser|null The active user, or null if the session is anonymous, expired, or in incognito mode.
* @since 8.0.0
*/
public function getUser();
/**
* Checks whether the user is logged in
* Checks whether a user is currently logged in for this session.
*
* @return bool if logged in
* @return bool True if a user is authenticated and enabled, false otherwise.
* @since 8.0.0
*/
public function isLoggedIn();
/**
* get getImpersonatingUserID
* Returns the user ID of the impersonator if another user is being impersonated.
*
* @return string|null
* @return string|null The impersonating user's ID, or null if not impersonating.
* @since 18.0.0
*/
public function getImpersonatingUserID(): ?string;
/**
* set setImpersonatingUserID
* Sets or clears the impersonator's user ID in the current session.
*
* Note: This does not initiate impersonation, but only records the identity of the impersonator in the session.
*
* If $useCurrentUser is true (default), records the current user's ID as the impersonator.
* If false, removes any impersonator information from the session.
*
* @param bool $useCurrentUser Whether to assign the current user as the impersonator or to clear it.
* @since 18.0.0
*/
public function setImpersonatingUserID(bool $useCurrentUser = true): void;