UserMatchingService (hybris Commerce Suite 2011)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultUserMatchingService
```
public interface UserMatchingService
```
Provides methods for retrieving user or customer by specified property

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<U extends UserModel> U`	`getUserByProperty(java.lang.String propertyValue, java.lang.Class<U> clazz)`	Gets the user by the property and cast to UserModel subtype
`boolean`	`isUserExisting(java.lang.String propertyValue)`	Verifies whether the user exist

- Method Detail
  - getUserByProperty
```
<U extends UserModel> U getUserByProperty(java.lang.String propertyValue,
                                          java.lang.Class<U> clazz)
```
    Gets the user by the property and cast to UserModel subtype
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    U - UserModel subtype
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyValue - the unique value of property used to identify the user.
    
    clazz - - the class of UserModel subtype
    
    Returns:
    
    the found user
    
    Throws:
    
    UnknownIdentifierException - if the user not found,
    
    ClassMismatchException - if clazz is not supported by strategy
  - isUserExisting
```
boolean isUserExisting(java.lang.String propertyValue)
```
    Verifies whether the user exist
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyValue - the property value used to identify the user
    
    Returns:
    
    true if user exists