AccountProvider (OpenAM Project 16.0.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAccountProvider
```
public interface AccountProvider
```
Implementations of this interface provide the means to search for and create users given a map of attributes.

See Also:

DefaultAccountProvider

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AMIdentity`	`provisionUser(AMIdentityRepository idrepo, Map<String,Set<String>> attributes)`	Provisions a user with the specified attributes.
`AMIdentity`	`searchUser(AMIdentityRepository idrepo, Map<String,Set<String>> attr)`	Search for a user given a map of attributes.

- Method Detail
  - searchUser
```
AMIdentity searchUser(AMIdentityRepository idrepo,
                      Map<String,Set<String>> attr)
```
    Search for a user given a map of attributes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    idrepo - The identity repository.
    
    attr - The set of attributes, which should be treated as 'or' statements.
    
    Returns:
    
    The first matching user found.
  - provisionUser
```
AMIdentity provisionUser(AMIdentityRepository idrepo,
                         Map<String,Set<String>> attributes)
                  throws AuthLoginException
```
    Provisions a user with the specified attributes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    idrepo - The identity repository in which the user will be created.
    
    attributes - The user attributes.
    
    Returns:
    
    The created user identity.
    
    Throws:
    
    AuthLoginException - Thrown if user creation fails.