com.sssw.fw.directory.api
Interface EbiRealmGroup

All Superinterfaces:

EbiRealmPrincipal, Group, Principal

public interface EbiRealmGroup

extends Group, EbiRealmPrincipal

The wrapper Group principal used by realms. The original principal implementation can be used in order to leverage existing principal functionality and APIs.

Field Summary

static String

PRIN_TYPE_GROUP The constant for the Group principal type.

Method Summary

Collection	getChildGroups() Gets a collection of child group principals if there are any.
Group	getGroup() Gets the original Group which this object is a wrapper of.
Collection	getParentGroups() Gets a collection of parent group principals if there are any.
Collection	getUserMembers() Gets a collection of user member principals if there are any.
boolean	isDynamicGroup() Returns true if the group is a dynamic group, false otherwise.

Methods implemented from interface java.security.acl.Group

addMember, isMember, members, removeMember

Methods implemented from interface com.sssw.fw.directory.api.EbiRealmPrincipal

getFullQualifiedName, getPrincipal, getPrincipalType, getRealm, getShortName, getUniqueID

Field Detail

PRIN_TYPE_GROUP

public static final String PRIN_TYPE_GROUP

The constant for the Group principal type.

Method Detail

getGroup

public Group getGroup()

Gets the original Group which this object is a wrapper of.

Returns:

the original Group which this object is a wrapper of; null if not available

getParentGroups

public Collection getParentGroups()

Gets a collection of parent group principals if there are any.

Returns:

a collection of parent groups of type EbiRealmGroup.

getChildGroups

public Collection getChildGroups()

Gets a collection of child group principals if there are any.

Returns:

a collection of child groups of type EbiRealmGroup.

getUserMembers

public Collection getUserMembers()

Gets a collection of user member principals if there are any.

Returns:

a collection of user members of type EbiRealmUser.

isDynamicGroup

public boolean isDynamicGroup()

Returns true if the group is a dynamic group, false otherwise. Dynamic groups utilize queries to determine membership.