# This patch file was generated by NetBeans IDE
# Following Index: paths are relative to: /var/www/GSoC/wordtrunk/wp-includes
# This patch can be applied using context Tools: Patch action on respective folder.
# It uses platform neutral UTF-8 encoding and \n newlines.
# Above lines and this line are ignored by the patching process.
Index: class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
--- class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php Base (BASE)
+++ class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php Locally Modified (Based On LOCAL)
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 			'wp.getMediaItem'		=> 'this:wp_getMediaItem',
 			'wp.getMediaLibrary'	=> 'this:wp_getMediaLibrary',
 			'wp.getPostFormats'     => 'this:wp_getPostFormats',
+                        'wp.getUser'            => 'this:wp_getUser',
 
 			// Blogger API
 			'blogger.getUsersBlogs' => 'this:blogger_getUsersBlogs',
@@ -1702,6 +1703,75 @@
 		return $formats;
 	}
 
+        /**
+         * Retrieve  user
+         *
+         * @uses get_userdata()
+         * @param array $args Method parameters. Contains:
+         *  - int     $blog_id
+         *  - string  $username
+         *  - string  $password
+         *  - int     $user_id
+         * @return array contains:
+         *  - 'user_login'
+         *  - 'user_firstname'
+         *  - 'user_lastname'
+         *  - 'user_registered'
+         *  - 'user_description'
+         *  - 'user_email'
+         *  - 'nickname'
+         *  - 'user_nicename'
+         *  - 'user_url'
+         *  - 'display_name'
+         *  - 'usercontacts'
+         */
+        function wp_getUser( $args ) {
+
+		$this->escape( $args );
+
+                $blog_ID    = (int) $args[0];
+                $username   = $args[1];
+                $password   = $args[2];
+                $user_ID    = (int) $args[3];
+
+		if ( !$user = $this->login( $username, $password ) )
+			return $this->error;
+
+                $user_data = get_userdata( $user_ID );
+
+                if( ! $user_data )
+                        return new IXR_Error(404, __('Invalid user ID'));
+
+                if( ! ( $user_ID == $user->ID || current_user_can( 'edit_users' ) ))
+                        return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you cannot edit users.' ) );
+                
+                $user_data = (array)$user_data;
+
+                $contact_methods = _wp_get_user_contactmethods();
+                foreach( $contact_methods as $key => $value ) {
+                    $user_contacts[ $key ] = $user_data[ $key ];
+                }
+
+                $struct = array(
+                        'user_login'        => $user_data['user_login'],
+                        'user_firstname'    => $user_data['user_firstname'],
+                        'user_lastname'     => $user_data['user_lastname'],
+                        'user_registered'   => $user_data['user_registered'],
+                        'user_description'  => $user_data['user_description'],
+                        'user_email'        => $user_data['user_email'],
+                        'nickname'          => $user_data['nickname'],
+                        'user_nicename'     => $user_data['user_nicename'],
+                        'user_url'          => $user_data['user_url'],
+                        'display_name'      => $user_data['display_name'],
+                        'wp_capabilities'   => $user_data['wp_capabilities'],
+                        'wp_user_level'     => $user_data['wp_user_level'],
+                        'usercontacts'      => $user_contacts,
+                );
+
+                return $struct;
+
+        }
+
 	/* Blogger API functions.
 	 * specs on http://plant.blogger.com/api and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloggerDev/
 	 */