UserReferenceResolver (XWiki Platform - User - API 14.10.19 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the raw user reference
```
@Role
public interface UserReferenceResolver<T>
```
Convert a raw representation of a user reference into a UserReference object (for example converts a String containing a user name into a Document User Reference).

Since:

12.2

Version:

$Id: 487cffa7ebcaf5f9c55462ac4a925cfaede34d5e $

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static ParameterizedType`	`TYPE_DOCUMENT_REFERENCE`	Type instance for `UserReferenceResolver<DocumentReference>`.
`static ParameterizedType`	`TYPE_STRING`	Type instance for `UserReferenceResolver<String>`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

UserReference resolve(T rawReference, Object... parameters)

- Field Detail
  - TYPE_STRING
```
static final ParameterizedType TYPE_STRING
```
    Type instance for UserReferenceResolver<String>.
    
    Since:
    
    14.1RC1
  - TYPE_DOCUMENT_REFERENCE
```
static final ParameterizedType TYPE_DOCUMENT_REFERENCE
```
    Type instance for UserReferenceResolver<DocumentReference>.
    
    Since:
    
    14.1RC1
- Method Detail
  - resolve
```
UserReference resolve(T rawReference,
                      Object... parameters)
```
    Parameters:
    
    rawReference - the raw representation of a user reference to convert. If null then resolves to the current user reference
    
    parameters - optional parameters that have a meaning only for the specific resolver implementation used (for example a Document User Reference resolver accepting a user name as a string will also take as parameter a Wiki Reference defining in which wiki the user belongs to)
    
    Returns:
    
    the resulting User Reference object