org.xmlecho.palomar.security
Interface Group

public interface Group

This is the Group interface of the Security package. The interface may be used for getting group-related security information. The interface may also be used to update the group information.

Method Summary

User[]	getGroupUsers()
int	getIntID()
java.lang.String	getName()
boolean	isAdministrator() test if this group is the administrator group for a given resource
void	setName(java.lang.String name) set the name of the group

Method Detail

getIntID

public int getIntID()

Returns:

the group's integer ID value

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

the group's name

getGroupUsers

public User[] getGroupUsers()

Returns:

all the users that belong to this group

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)
             throws java.lang.Exception

set the name of the group

Parameters:

name - the new name for the group

Returns:

the old group name, or empty string if the group didn't hava a name, or null if permission denied.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

isAdministrator

public boolean isAdministrator()

test if this group is the administrator group for a given resource

Returns:

true if the group is the Administrator, false otherwise.