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+# Copyright (C) 2007 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+
+"""Interface for a roster of members."""
+
+from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
+
+
+
+class IRoster(Interface):
+    """A roster is a collection of IUsers."""
+
+    name = Attribute(
+        """The name for this roster.
+
+        Rosters are considered equal if they have the same name.""")
+
+    addresses = Attribute(
+        """An iterator over all the addresses managed by this roster.""")
+
+    def create(email_address, real_name=None):
+        """Create an IAddress and return it.
+
+        email_address is textual email address to add.  real_name is the
+        optional real name that gets associated with the email address.
+
+        Raises ExistingAddressError if address already exists.
+        """