# Package com.google.appengine.api.users

Provides facilities to check if a user has authenticated, retrieve their email address, and check if they are an administrator for this application.

See: Description

- Interface Summary
  Interface | Description
  --- | ---
  IUserServiceFactory | This interface should be implemented by providers of the `UserService` and registered with `com.google.appengine.spi.ServiceFactoryFactory`.
  UserService | The UserService provides information useful for forcing a user to log in or out, and retrieving information about the user who is currently logged-in.

- Class Summary
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  IUserServiceFactoryProvider | Creates `IUserServiceFactory` implementations.
  User | `User` represents a specific user, represented by the combination of an email address and a specific Google Apps domain (which we call an `authDomain`).
  UserServiceFactory | Creates a UserService.

- Exception Summary
  Exception | Description
  --- | ---
  UserServiceFailureException | `UserServiceFailureException` is thrown when any unknown error occurs while communicating with the user service.

## Package com.google.appengine.api.users Description

Provides facilities to check if a user has authenticated, retrieve their email address, and check if they are an administrator for this application. It can also be used to construct a URL for users to login or logout.

As an example, your application might, in a JSP file, have code like this:

       <%
         UserService userService = UserServiceFactory.getUserService();
         if (!userService.isUserLoggedIn()) {
       %>
          Please {@code <a href="<%=userService.createLoginURL("/newlogin.jsp")>">log in</a>>}
       <% } else { %>
          Welcome, <%= userService.getCurrentUser().getNickname(); %>!
            {@code (<a href="<%=userService.createLogoutURL("/")>">log out</a>>)}
       <%
         }
       %>

See Also:
  `UserService`, The Users Java API in the Google App Engine Developer's Guide.