<?php
namespace Illuminate\Contracts\Auth;
interface UserProvider
{
/**
* Retrieve a user by their unique identifier.
*
* @param mixed $identifier
* @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable|null
*/
public function retrieveById($identifier);
/**
* Retrieve a user by their unique identifier and "remember me" token.
*
* @param mixed $identifier
* @param string $token
* @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable|null
*/
public function retrieveByToken($identifier, $token);
/**
* Update the "remember me" token for the given user in storage.
*
* @param \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable $user
* @param string $token
* @return void
*/
public function updateRememberToken(Authenticatable $user, $token);
/**
* Retrieve a user by the given credentials.
*
* @param array $credentials
* @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable|null
*/
public function retrieveByCredentials(array $credentials);
/**
* Validate a user against the given credentials.
*
* @param \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable $user
* @param array $credentials
* @return bool
*/
public function validateCredentials(Authenticatable $user, array $credentials);
}