* \param password The cleartext password for the new user
* \return The new user's UserId
*/
- virtual UserId addUser(QString user, QString password) = 0;
+ virtual UserId addUser(const QString &user, const QString &password) = 0;
//! Update a core user's password.
/** \param user The user's id
* \param password The user's new password
*/
- virtual void updateUser(UserId user, QString password) = 0;
+ virtual void updateUser(UserId user, const QString &password) = 0;
//! Rename a user
/** \param user The user's id
* \param newName The user's new name
*/
- virtual void renameUser(UserId user, QString newName) = 0;
+ virtual void renameUser(UserId user, const QString &newName) = 0;
//! Validate a username with a given password.
/** \param user The username to validate
* \param password The user's alleged password
* \return A valid UserId if the password matches the username; 0 else
*/
- virtual UserId validateUser(QString user, QString password) = 0;
+ virtual UserId validateUser(const QString &user, const QString &password) = 0;
//! Remove a core user from storage.
/** \param user The userid to delete
*/
virtual void delUser(UserId user) = 0;
+ /* Network handling */
+
+ //! Get the unique NetworkId of the network for a user.
+ /** \param user The core user who owns this buffername
+ * \param network The network name
+ * \return The BufferId corresponding to the given network and buffer name, or 0 if not found
+ */
+ virtual uint getNetworkId(UserId user, const QString &network) = 0;
+
/* Buffer handling */
//! Get the unique BufferId for the given combination of network and buffername for a user.
* \param buffer The buffer name (if empty, the net's status buffer is returned)
* \return The BufferId corresponding to the given network and buffer name, or 0 if not found
*/
- virtual BufferId getBufferId(UserId user, QString network, QString buffer = "") = 0;
+ virtual BufferId getBufferId(UserId user, const QString &network, const QString &buffer = "") = 0;
//! Request a list of all buffers known to a user since a certain point in time.
/** This method is used to get a list of all buffers we have stored a backlog from.