string getUsername() Returns the username used to authenticate the user. Return Value string The username

string|null getSalt() Returns the salt that was originally used to encode the password. This can return null if the password was not encoded using a salt. Return Value string|null The salt

(Role|string)[] getRoles() Returns the roles granted to the user. public function getRoles() { return array('ROLE_USER'); } Alternatively, the roles might be stored on a roles property, and populated in any number of different ways when the user object is created. Return Value (Role|string)[] The user roles

string getPassword() Returns the password used to authenticate the user. This should be the encoded password. On authentication, a plain-text password will be salted, encoded, and then compared to this value. Return Value string The password

eraseCredentials() Removes sensitive data from the user. This is important if, at any given point, sensitive information like the plain-text password is stored on this object.

interface UserInterface Represents the interface that all user classes must implement. This interface is useful because the authentication layer can deal with the object through its lifecycle, using the object to get the encoded password (for checking against a submitted password), assigning roles and so on. Regardless of how your user are loaded or where they come from (a database, configuration, web service, etc), you will have a class that implements this interface. Objects that implement

checkPreAuth(UserInterface $user) Checks the user account before authentication. Parameters UserInterface $user a UserInterface instance Exceptions AccountStatusException

checkPostAuth(UserInterface $user) Checks the user account after authentication. Parameters UserInterface $user a UserInterface instance Exceptions AccountStatusException

interface UserCheckerInterface Implement to throw AccountStatusException during the authentication process. Can be used when you want to check the account status, e.g when the account is disabled or blocked. This should not be used to make authentication decisions. Methods checkPreAuth(UserInterface $user) Checks the user account before authentication. checkPostAuth(UserInterface $user) Checks the user account after authentication. Details checkPreAu

checkPreAuth(UserInterface $user) Checks the user account before authentication. Parameters UserInterface $user a UserInterface instance