Interface Group

All Superinterfaces:

Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGroup, GenericGroup, MemoryGroup

public interface Group
extends Principal

Abstract representation of a group of Users in a UserDatabase. Each user that is a member of this group inherits the Roles assigned to the group.

Since:

4.1

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addRole(Role role)	Add a new Role to those assigned specifically to this group.
String	getDescription()
String	getGroupname()
Iterator<Role>	getRoles()
UserDatabase	getUserDatabase()
Iterator<User>	getUsers()
boolean	isInRole(Role role)	Is this group specifically assigned the specified Role?
void	removeRole(Role role)	Remove a Role from those assigned to this group.
void	removeRoles()	Remove all Roles from those assigned to this group.
void	setDescription(String description)	Set the description of this group.
void	setGroupname(String groupname)	Set the group name of this group, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

Method Details

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns:

the description of this group.

setDescription

void setDescription(String description)

Set the description of this group.

Parameters:

description - The new description

getGroupname

String getGroupname()

Returns:

the group name of this group, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

setGroupname

void setGroupname(String groupname)

Set the group name of this group, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

Parameters:

groupname - The new group name

getRoles

Iterator<Role> getRoles()

Returns:

the set of Roles assigned specifically to this group.

getUserDatabase

UserDatabase getUserDatabase()

Returns:

the UserDatabase within which this Group is defined.

getUsers

Iterator<User> getUsers()

Returns:

the set of Users that are members of this group.

addRole

void addRole(Role role)

Add a new Role to those assigned specifically to this group.

Parameters:

role - The new role

isInRole

boolean isInRole(Role role)

Is this group specifically assigned the specified Role?

Parameters:

role - The role to check

Returns:

true if the group is assigned to the specified role otherwise false

removeRole

void removeRole(Role role)

Remove a Role from those assigned to this group.

Parameters:

role - The old role

removeRoles

void removeRoles()

Remove all Roles from those assigned to this group.