--- a/busui/owa/modules/base/classes/serviceUser.php
+++ b/busui/owa/modules/base/classes/serviceUser.php
@@ -1,1 +1,151 @@
+<?php 
 
+//
+// Open Web Analytics - An Open Source Web Analytics Framework
+//
+// Copyright 2008 Peter Adams. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under GPL v2.0 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+// $Id$
+//
+
+/**
+ * Service User Class
+ * 
+ * @author      Peter Adams <peter@openwebanalytics.com>
+ * @copyright   Copyright &copy; 2008 Peter Adams <peter@openwebanalytics.com>
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPL v2.0
+ * @category    owa
+ * @package     owa
+ * @version		$Revision$	      
+ * @since		owa 1.0.0
+ */
+
+
+class owa_serviceUser extends owa_base {
+
+	var $user;
+	var $capabilities = array();
+	var $preferences = array();
+	var $is_authenticated;
+	
+	function __construct() {
+		
+		//parent::__construct();
+		$this->user = owa_coreApi::entityFactory('base.user');
+	}
+	
+	function load($user_id) {
+		
+		$this->user->load($user_id, 'user_id');
+		$this->loadRelatedUserData();
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	function loadRelatedUserData() {
+		
+		$this->capabilities = $this->getCapabilities($this->user->get('role'));
+		$this->preferences = $this->getPreferences($this->user->get('user_id'));
+		return;
+	}
+		
+	function getCapabilities($role) {
+		
+		$caps = owa_coreAPI::getSetting('base', 'capabilities');
+		
+		if (array_key_exists($role, $caps)) {
+			return $caps[$role];
+		} else {
+			return array();
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	function getPreferences($user_id) {
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	function getRole() {
+		
+		return $this->user->get('role');
+	}
+	
+	function setRole($value) {
+		
+		$this->user->set('role', $value);
+		$this->capabilities = $this->getCapabilities($value);
+		
+	}
+	
+	function setUserData($name, $value) {
+		
+		$this->user->set($name, $value);
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	function getUserData($name) {
+		
+		return $this->user->get($name);
+	}
+	
+	function isCapable($cap) {
+		//owa_coreAPI::debug(print_r($this->user->getProperties(), true));
+		owa_coreAPI::debug("cap ".$cap);
+		// just in case there is no cap passed
+		if (!empty($cap)) {
+			//adding @ here as is_array throws warning that an empty array is not the right data type!
+			if (in_array($cap, $this->capabilities)) {
+				return true;
+			} else {
+				return false;
+			}
+				
+		} else {
+			
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	// mark the user as authenticated and populate their capabilities	
+	function setAuthStatus($bool) {
+		
+		$this->is_authenticated = true;
+		
+		return;
+	}	
+	
+	function isAuthenticated() {
+		
+		return $this->is_authenticated;
+	}
+	
+	function loadNewUserByObject($obj) {
+		$this->user = $obj;
+		//$this->current_user->loadNewUserByObject($obj);
+		$this->loadRelatedUserData();
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	function loadNewUserById($id) {
+	
+		// get a user object
+		// load it
+		// $this->loadNewUserByObject($obj);
+		return;
+		
+	}
+	
+}
+
+
+
+?>