org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user
Interface Group

All Superinterfaces:

Authorizable

public interface Group
extends Authorizable

A Group is a collection of Authorizables.

Method Summary

boolean	addMember(Authorizable authorizable) Add a member to this Group.
Iterator<Authorizable>	getDeclaredMembers()
Iterator<Authorizable>	getMembers()
boolean	isMember(Authorizable authorizable)
boolean	removeMember(Authorizable authorizable) Remove a member from this Group.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.Authorizable

declaredMemberOf, getID, getPrincipal, getProperty, getPropertyNames, hasProperty, isGroup, memberOf, remove, removeProperty, setProperty, setProperty

Method Detail

getDeclaredMembers

Iterator<Authorizable> getDeclaredMembers()
                                          throws RepositoryException

Returns:

Iterator of Authorizables which are declared members of this Group.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

getMembers

Iterator<Authorizable> getMembers()
                                  throws RepositoryException

Returns:

Iterator of Authorizables which are members of this Group. This includes both declared members and all authorizables that are indirect group members.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

isMember

boolean isMember(Authorizable authorizable)
                 throws RepositoryException

Parameters:

authorizable - The Authorizable to test.

Returns:

true if the Authorizable to test is a direct or indirect member of this Group.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

addMember

boolean addMember(Authorizable authorizable)
                  throws RepositoryException

Add a member to this Group.

Parameters:

authorizable - The Authorizable to be added as member to this group.

Returns:

true if the Authorizable has successfully been added to this Group, false otherwise (e.g. unknown implemention or if it already is a member or if the passed authorizable is this group itself or for some implementation specific constraint).

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

removeMember

boolean removeMember(Authorizable authorizable)
                     throws RepositoryException

Remove a member from this Group.

Parameters:

authorizable - The Authorizable to be removed from the list of group members.

Returns:

true if the Authorizable was successfully removed. False otherwise.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.