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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCP\User\Backend;
+
+/**
+ * @since 17.0.0
+ */
+interface IGetRealUIDBackend {
+	/**
+	 * Some backends accept different UIDs than what is the internal UID to be used.
+	 * For example the database backend accepts different cased UIDs in all the functions
+	 * but the internal UID that is to be used should be correctly cased.
+	 *
+	 * This little function makes sure that the used UID will be correct when using the user object
+	 *
+	 * @since 17.0.0
+	 * @param string $uid
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getRealUID(string $uid): string;
+}