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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCP\User\Backend;
+
+/**
+ * @since 14.0.0
+ */
+interface ICheckPasswordBackend {
+	/**
+	 * @since 14.0.0
+	 *
+	 * @param string $loginName The loginname
+	 * @param string $password The password
+	 * @return string|false The uid on success false on failure
+	 */
+	public function checkPassword(string $loginName, string $password);
+}