+ /** Get a users status on this channel
+ * @param user The user to look up
+ * @return One of STATUS_OP, STATUS_HOP, STATUS_VOICE, or zero.
+ */
+ int GetStatus(User *user);
+
+ /** Get a users status on this channel in a bitmask
+ * @param user The user to look up
+ * @return A bitmask containing zero or more of STATUS_OP, STATUS_HOP, STATUS_VOICE
+ */
+ int GetStatusFlags(User *user);
+
+ /** Get a users prefix on this channel in a string.
+ * @param user The user to look up
+ * @return A character array containing the prefix string.
+ * Unlike GetStatus and GetStatusFlags which will only return the
+ * core specified modes @, % and + (op, halfop and voice), GetPrefixChar
+ * will also return module-defined prefixes. If the user has to prefix,
+ * an empty but non-null string is returned. If the user has multiple
+ * prefixes, the highest is returned. If you do not recognise the prefix
+ * character you can get, you can deal with it in a 'proprtional' manner
+ * compared to known prefixes, using GetPrefixValue().
+ */
+ const char* GetPrefixChar(User *user);
+
+ /** Return all of a users mode prefixes into a char* string.
+ * @param user The user to look up
+ * @return A list of all prefix characters. The prefixes will always
+ * be in rank order, greatest first, as certain IRC clients require
+ * this when multiple prefixes are used names lists.
+ */
+ const char* GetAllPrefixChars(User* user);
+
+ /** Get the value of a users prefix on this channel.
+ * @param user The user to look up
+ * @return The module or core-defined value of the users prefix.
+ * The values for op, halfop and voice status are constants in
+ * mode.h, and are OP_VALUE, HALFOP_VALUE, and VOICE_VALUE respectively.
+ * If the value you are given does not match one of these three, it is
+ * a module-defined mode, and it should be compared in proportion to
+ * these three constants. For example a value greater than OP_VALUE
+ * is a prefix of greater 'worth' than ops, and a value less than
+ * VOICE_VALUE is of lesser 'worth' than a voice.
+ */
+ unsigned int GetPrefixValue(User* user);
+
+ /** This method removes all prefix characters from a user.
+ * It will not inform the user or the channel of the removal of prefixes,
+ * and should be used when the user parts or quits.
+ * @param user The user to remove all prefixes from
+ */
+ void RemoveAllPrefixes(User* user);
+
+ /** Add a prefix character to a user.
+ * Only the core should call this method, usually from
+ * within the mode parser or when the first user joins
+ * the channel (to grant ops to them)
+ * @param user The user to associate the privilage with
+ * @param prefix The prefix character to associate
+ * @param prefix_rank The rank (value) of this prefix character
+ * @param adding True if adding the prefix, false when removing
+ */
+ void SetPrefix(User* user, char prefix, unsigned int prefix_rank, bool adding);
+
+ /** Check if a user is banned on this channel
+ * @param user A user to check against the banlist
+ * @returns True if the user given is banned
+ */
+ bool IsBanned(User* user);
+
+ /** Check whether an extban of a given type matches
+ * a given user for this channel.
+ * @param u The user to match bans against
+ * @param type The type of extban to check
+ */
+ bool IsExtBanned(User *u, char type);
+
+ /** Overloaded version to check whether a particular string is extbanned
+ */
+ bool IsExtBanned(const std::string &str, char type);
+
+ /** Clears the cached max bans value
+ */
+ void ResetMaxBans();
+
+ /** Destructor for Channel
+ */
+ virtual ~Channel() { /* stub */ }
+};