com.bea.ales.management
Class RoleManager

java.lang.Object
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public class RoleManager

extends java.lang.Object

This class manages roles. It provides methods to create, delete, rename and find roles.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ROOT_ROLE

Method Summary

Role	getRole(java.lang.String name) Get a Role WITHOUT checking the view access.
Role	getRoleCheckViewAccess(java.lang.String name) Get the role by name.
java.util.List	getRolesWithDeniedRole() Get all roles which have excluded roles against them.
Role	getRootRole() Get the root role for current application.
void	removeRole(Role role) Remove the role.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ROOT_ROLE

public static java.lang.String ROOT_ROLE

Method Detail

getRoleCheckViewAccess

public Role getRoleCheckViewAccess(java.lang.String name)
                            throws ManagementException

Get the role by name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the role

Returns:

the role object which has the given name.

Throws:

ManagementException - if the operation fails.

getRole

public Role getRole(java.lang.String name)
             throws ManagementException

Get a Role WITHOUT checking the view access.

Parameters:

name - The name of the Role.

Returns:

Null or the role with the given name.

Throws:

ManagementException - Thrown while trying to find the role or while instantiating a new object.

getRootRole

public Role getRootRole()
                 throws ManagementException

Get the root role for current application. The root role's name is "allroles".

Returns:

the root role instance.

Throws:

ManagementException - if the operation fails.

removeRole

public void removeRole(Role role)
                throws ManagementException

Remove the role.

Parameters:

role - the role to be removed.

Throws:

ManagementException - if the operation fails.

getRolesWithDeniedRole

public java.util.List getRolesWithDeniedRole()
                                      throws ManagementException

Get all roles which have excluded roles against them.

Returns:

the list of roles found.

Throws:

ManagementException - if the operation fails.