diff --git a/lib/user/interface.php b/lib/user/interface.php
index 3d9f4691f2..b4667633b5 100644
--- a/lib/user/interface.php
+++ b/lib/user/interface.php
@@ -57,4 +57,19 @@ interface OC_User_Interface {
 	*/
 	public function userExists($uid);
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief get display name of the user
+	 * @param $uid user ID of the user
+	 * @return display name
+	 */
+	public function getDisplayName($uid);
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Get a list of all display names
+	 * @returns array with  all displayNames (value) and the correspondig uids (key)
+	 *
+	 * Get a list of all display names and user ids.
+	 */
+	public function getDisplayNames($search = '', $limit = null, $offset = null);
+
 }
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