IUserRef (formcycle: bom 8.4.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

UserRef
```
public interface IUserRef
extends Serializable
```
Common interface for referencing and identifying a user.

Since:

8.4.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default String`	`getAuthenticationClientName()`
`IUserRefExtension`	`getExtension()`
`UUID`	`getProfileUuid()`
`@NotBlank String`	`getUniversalReferenceId()`

- Method Detail
  - getAuthenticationClientName
```
default String getAuthenticationClientName()
```
    Returns:
    
    The name of the authentication client used by the user to authenticate.
    
    See Also:
    
    IClientDescriptor.getClientName()
  - getProfileUuid
```
@Nullable
UUID getProfileUuid()
```
    Returns:
    
    The UUID of the formcycle profile. May be null if the user has no profile.
  - getUniversalReferenceId
```
@NotBlank
@NotBlank String getUniversalReferenceId()
```
    Returns:
    
    The universal reference ID of the user.
  - getExtension
```
IUserRefExtension getExtension()
```
    Returns:
    
    the user ref extensions or null if there are none. This value will be loaded lazy