Index: src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/User.java
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--- src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/User.java	(revision 7396)
+++ src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/User.java	(working copy)
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 import com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiContext;
 import com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException;
+import com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument;
+import com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseObject;
 import com.xpn.xwiki.user.api.XWikiGroupService;
 import com.xpn.xwiki.user.api.XWikiUser;
 
@@ -51,4 +53,23 @@
         Collection groups = groupService.listGroupsForUser(user.getUser(), getXWikiContext());
         return groups.contains(groupName);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * API to retrieve the e-mail address of this user. This e-mail address is taken from the user
+     * profile. If the user hasn't changed his profile, then this is the e-mail address he filled in
+     * the registration form.
+     * 
+     * @return The e-mail address from the user profile
+     */
+    public String getEmail()
+    {
+        XWikiDocument userDoc;
+        try {
+            userDoc = getXWikiContext().getWiki().getDocument(user.getUser(), getXWikiContext());
+            BaseObject obj = userDoc.getObject("XWiki.XWikiUsers");
+            return obj.getStringValue("email");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }