diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/CvsUser.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/CvsUser.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+package org.apache.antlib.cvslib;
+
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.Resources;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.ResourceManager;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a CVS user with a userID and a full name.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jeff.martin@synamic.co.uk">Jeff Martin</a>
+ * @version $Revision$ $Date$
+ */
+public class CvsUser
+{
+    private final static Resources REZ =
+        ResourceManager.getPackageResources( CvsUser.class );
+
+    private String m_userID;
+    private String m_displayName;
+
+    public void setDisplayname( final String displayName )
+    {
+        m_displayName = displayName;
+    }
+
+    public void setUserid( final String userID )
+    {
+        m_userID = userID;
+    }
+
+    String getUserID()
+    {
+        return m_userID;
+    }
+
+    String getDisplayname()
+    {
+        return m_displayName;
+    }
+
+    void validate()
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+        if( null == m_userID )
+        {
+            final String message = REZ.getString( "changelog.nouserid.error" );
+            throw new TaskException( message );
+        }
+        if( null == m_displayName )
+        {
+            final String message =
+                REZ.getString( "changelog.nodisplayname.error", m_userID );
+            throw new TaskException( message );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/Resources.properties b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/Resources.properties
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+changelog.nodisplayname.error=Displayname attribute must be set for userID "{0}".
+changelog.nouserid.error=Username attribute must be set.
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