Removed getUserAuthProvider from IMembraneTool interface.

Replaced it with ``getUserObject`` which has been the method to call
for a few years.

Products/membrane/interfaces/membrane_tool.py

@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ def unregisterMembraneType(portal_type):
     def listMembraneTypes():
         """Lists all currently registered member types"""
 
-    def getUserAuthProvider(login):
+    def getUserObject(login, user_id, brain):
         """
-        Returns the unique object that is the authentication provider
-        for the provided login.
+        Return the authentication implementation (content item) for a
+        given login or userid.
         """
 
     def getOriginalUserIdCase(userid):

Products/membrane/tools/membrane.py

@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ def listMembraneTypes(self):
 
     def getUserObject(self, login=None, user_id=None, brain=False):
         """
-        Return the authentication implementation for a given login or userid.
+        Return the authentication implementation (content item) for a
+        given login or userid.
         """
         query = {}
         if user_id:

docs/changes.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Changelog
 2.1.6 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
+- Removed ``getUserAuthProvider`` from ``IMembraneTool`` interface.
+  Replaced it with ``getUserObject`` which has been the method to call
+  for a few years.
+  [maurits]
+
 - Add handling of new keyword argument ``fullname`` passed by
   ``plone.app.controlpanel.usergroups.UsersOverviewControlPanel`` and
   ``email`` passed by ``plone.app.workflow.browser.sharing.SharingView`` for