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WebLogic Server 8.1 API Reference

weblogic.management.security.authentication
Interface MemberGroupListerMBean

All Known Subinterfaces:
ActiveDirectoryAuthenticatorMBean, DefaultAuthenticatorMBean, IPlanetAuthenticatorMBean, LDAPAuthenticatorMBean, NovellAuthenticatorMBean, OpenLDAPAuthenticatorMBean

public interface MemberGroupListerMBean
extends weblogic.management.commo.StandardInterface, GroupReaderMBean

Provides a method for listing the groups that contain a member. An Authentication provider MBean can optionally implement this MBean. The WebLogic Server Administration Console detects when an Authentication provider implements this MBean and automatically provides a tab for using these methods.

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Method Summary
 java.lang.String listMemberGroups(java.lang.String memberUserOrGroupName)
          Lists the groups that directly contain a user or a group.
 
Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.GroupReaderMBean
getGroupDescription, groupExists, isMember, listGroups
 
Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.utils.NameListerMBean
getCurrentName
 
Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.utils.ListerMBean
advance, close, haveCurrent
 

Method Detail

listMemberGroups

public java.lang.String listMemberGroups(java.lang.String memberUserOrGroupName)
                                  throws NotFoundException,
                                         InvalidParameterException
Lists the groups that directly contain a user or a group. Returns a cursor (string).You can use methods from weblogic.management.utils.NameLister (which this MBean extends) to iterate through the returned list.

Parameters:
memberUserOrGroupName - - The name of an existing user or group.
Throws:
NotFoundException -  
InvalidParameterException -  

Documentation is available at
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs81