[Owncloud] Are display names unique? and related questions

[Arthur Schiwon]

Hey,

display names are not unique.

getUsers returns internal names while getDisplayNames returns display names.

Internal names are unique.

Cheers
Arthur

On 02/18/2013 04:24 PM, Andreas Ergenzinger wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Since user selection for sharing and most other activities is supposed
> to be based on the display name from now on, the answer to my question
> should obviously be "yes". However, after looking at the OC_User class
> as well as the associated user backend and interface classes, I am not
> sure that this uniqueness is enforced anywhere.
>
> Am I missing something, or do we need a displayNameExists($displayName)
> function in the user interface?
>
> I am also not sure about the future role of the getUsers($search = '',
> $limit = null, $offset = null) method, apart from providing a list of
> all users if no search parameter is specified. It seems to me that the
> function is completely replaced by getDisplayNames($search = '', $limit
> = null, $offset = null) in all other cases. Besides backward
> compatibility, is there another reason for needing approximate search of
> uids/login names?
>
> Andreas
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