* Provides methods for user management and authentication operations.
 */
public interface AuthenticationChain {

    /**
     * Updates an existing user in the authentication chain.
     * @param user The user to update.
     */
    void update(User user);

    /**
     * Deletes a user from the authentication chain.
     * @param user The user to delete.
     */
    void delete(User user);

  public void decrement() {
    add(-1L);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the current sum. The returned value is NOT an atomic snapshot; invocation in
   * the absence of concurrent updates returns an accurate result, but concurrent updates that occur
   * while the sum is being calculated might not be incorporated.
   *
   * @return the sum
   */
  @Override
  public long sum() {
    long sum = base;
    Cell[] as = cells;

            if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
                logger.info("User {} completed successfully: username={}, id={}", isUpdate ? "update" : "create", username, user.getId());
            }
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            logger.warn("Failed to {} user: username={}, id={}, error={}", isUpdate ? "update" : "create", username, user.getId(),
                    e.getMessage(), e);
            throw e;
        } finally {

		b += slashSeparator
	}
	return b
}

// update cache with new status.
// The updates are conditional so multiple callers can update with different states.
func (m *metacache) update(update metacache) {
	now := UTCNow()
	m.lastUpdate = now

	if update.lastHandout.After(m.lastHandout) {
		m.lastHandout = update.lastUpdate
		if m.lastHandout.After(now) {
			m.lastHandout = now
		}
	}

	// Failed size in bytes
	FailedSize int64 `json:"failedReplicationSize"`
	// Total number of pending operations including metadata updates
	PendingCount int64 `json:"pendingReplicationCount"`
	// Total number of failed operations including metadata updates
	FailedCount int64 `json:"failedReplicationCount"`
}

func newBucketReplicationStats() *BucketReplicationStats {
	return &BucketReplicationStats{

				}
			}
		}

		return tx.Model(dest).Updates(assigns)
	}

	return tx
}

// Update updates column with value using callbacks. Reference: https://gorm.io/docs/update.html#Update-Changed-Fields
func (db *DB) Update(column string, value interface{}) (tx *DB) {
	tx = db.getInstance()
	tx.Statement.Dest = map[string]interface{}{column: value}
	return tx.callbacks.Update().Execute(tx)
}

	configLock.RLock()
	defer configLock.RUnlock()

	if c.Frequency == 0 {
		return callhomeCycleDefault
	}

	return c.Frequency
}

// Update updates new callhome frequency
func (c *Config) Update(ncfg Config) {
	configLock.Lock()
	defer configLock.Unlock()

	c.Enable = ncfg.Enable
	c.Frequency = ncfg.Frequency
}

    }

    /**
     * Updates an access result in the OpenSearch index.
     *
     * @param accessResult The access result to update.
     */
    @Override
    public void update(final OpenSearchAccessResult accessResult) {
        super.insert(accessResult, OpType.INDEX);
    }

    /**
     * Updates multiple access results in the OpenSearch index.
     *

    }

    @Override
    protected void update(byte b) {
      checkNotDone();
      digest.update(b);
    }

    @Override
    protected void update(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
      checkNotDone();
      digest.update(b, off, len);
    }

    @Override
    protected void update(ByteBuffer bytes) {
      checkNotDone();
      digest.update(bytes);
    }

func (r *ReplicationStats) srUpdate(sr replStat) {
	dID, err := globalSiteReplicationSys.getDeplIDForEndpoint(sr.endpoint())
	if err == nil {
		r.srStats.update(sr, dID)
	}
}

// Update updates in-memory replication statistics with new values.
func (r *ReplicationStats) Update(bucket string, ri replicatedTargetInfo, status, prevStatus replication.StatusType) {
	if r == nil {
		return
	}
	var rs replStat
	switch status {