2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/IUserData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/IUserData.cs
index d3631d5..79ba27b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/IUserData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/IUserData.cs
@@ -101,8 +101,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data
         /// <param name="user">UserProfile to add</param>
         void AddNewUserProfile(UserProfileData user);
 
-        /// <summary></summary>
-        ///  Updates an existing user profile
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a temporary user profile.  A temporary userprofile is one that should exist only for the lifetime of
+        /// the process.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="userProfile"></param>
+        void AddTemporaryUserProfile(UserProfileData userProfile);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Updates an existing user profile
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user">UserProfile to update</param>
         bool UpdateUserProfile(UserProfileData user);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/UserDataBase.cs b/OpenSim/Data/UserDataBase.cs
index 167a837..5ee5096 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/UserDataBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/UserDataBase.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data
         public UserProfileData GetUserByUri(Uri uri) { return null; }        
         public abstract void StoreWebLoginKey(UUID agentID, UUID webLoginKey);
         public abstract void AddNewUserProfile(UserProfileData user);
+        
+        public virtual void AddTemporaryUserProfile(UserProfileData userProfile)
+        {
+            // Deliberately blank - database plugins shouldn't store temporary profiles.
+        }
+        
         public abstract bool UpdateUserProfile(UserProfileData user);
         public abstract void AddNewUserAgent(UserAgentData agent);
         public abstract void AddNewUserFriend(UUID friendlistowner, UUID friend, uint perms);