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+/**
+ * userModel
+ *
+ * @module app/common/services/userModel
+ * @exports userModel
+ * @name userModel
+
+ * @version 0.0.1
+ */
+
+window.angular && (function (angular) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    angular
+        .module('app.common.services')
+        .service('userModel', ['APIUtils',function(APIUtils){
+            return {
+                login : function(username, password, callback){
+                    APIUtils.login(username, password, function(response, error){
+                        if(response && 
+                           response.status == APIUtils.API_RESPONSE.SUCCESS_STATUS){
+                            sessionStorage.setItem('LOGIN_ID', username);
+                            callback(true);
+                        }else{
+                            callback(false, error);
+                        }
+                    });
+                },
+                isLoggedIn : function(){
+                    if(sessionStorage.getItem('LOGIN_ID') === null){
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    return true;
+                },
+                logout : function(callback){
+                    APIUtils.logout(function(response, error){
+                        if(response &&
+                           response.status == APIUtils.API_RESPONSE.SUCCESS_STATUS){
+                            sessionStorage.removeItem('LOGIN_ID');
+                            callback(true);
+                        }else{
+                            callback(false, error);
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+            };
+        }]);
+
+})(window.angular);
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