com.plumtree.remote.prc
Interface IUserGroupManager

All Superinterfaces:

IObjectManager

public interface IUserGroupManager

extends IObjectManager

Interface that enables management of user groups.

Method Summary

void	addMemberGroups(int parentGroupID, int[] memberGroupIDs) Adds groups to a group.
void	addMemberUsers(int groupID, int[] memberUserIDs) Adds users to a group.
int	createGroup(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description, int adminFolderID, int[] memberUserIDs, int[] memberGroupIDs) Creates a new user group.
void	deleteGroups(int[] groupIDs) Deletes specified user groups.
void	removeMemberGroups(int parentGroupID, int[] memberGroupIDs) Removes groups from a group.
void	removeMemberUsers(int groupID, int[] memeberUserIDs) Removes users from a group.

Methods inherited from interface com.plumtree.remote.prc.IObjectManager

lookupObjectID, lookupUUID, queryACL, queryCommunitiesForPortlet, queryExtendedData, queryObjects, queryObjects, queryObjects, queryObjects, queryObjects, querySingleObject, updateACL

Method Detail

createGroup

public int createGroup(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String description,
                       int adminFolderID,
                       int[] memberUserIDs,
                       int[] memberGroupIDs)
                throws PortalException,
                       java.rmi.RemoteException

Creates a new user group. Note: Any invalid user or group IDs will be silently ignored.

Parameters:

name - the name for the new group

description - the description for the new group

adminFolderID - the admin folder ID to create the group in; cannot be negative

memberUserIDs - an array of user IDs to include as members

memberGroupIDs - an array of group IDs to include as subgroups

Returns:

the ID of the newly created user group

Throws:

PortalException - if the operation resulted in an error on the portal

java.rmi.RemoteException - if there was a communication problem during the execution of the remote method call

deleteGroups

public void deleteGroups(int[] groupIDs)
                  throws PortalException,
                         java.rmi.RemoteException

Deletes specified user groups. Passing any invalid or non-existent group IDs (or any duplicates) will result in a PortalException. Note: Since this method performs multiple operations, any exception thrown will have details of each failure.

Parameters:

groupIDs - an array of group IDs to delete

Throws:

PortalException - if the operation resulted in an error on the portal

java.rmi.RemoteException - if there was a communication problem during the execution of the remote method call

addMemberUsers

public void addMemberUsers(int groupID,
                           int[] memberUserIDs)
                    throws PortalException,
                           java.rmi.RemoteException

Adds users to a group. Any invalid user IDs will be silently ignored. Passing a non-existent group ID will result in a PortalException. Note: Since this method performs multiple operations, any exception thrown will have details of each failure.

Parameters:

groupID - the ID of the group to add the users to

memberUserIDs - an array of user IDs to add to the group

Throws:

PortalException - if the operation resulted in an error on the portal

java.rmi.RemoteException - if there was a communication problem during the execution of the remote method call

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the method passed an invalid group ID

removeMemberUsers

public void removeMemberUsers(int groupID,
                              int[] memeberUserIDs)
                       throws PortalException,
                              java.rmi.RemoteException

Removes users from a group. Any invalid memberUserIDs will be silently ignored. Passing a non-existent groupID will result in a PortalException. Note: Since this method performs multiple operations, any exception thrown will have details of each failure.

Parameters:

groupID - the ID of the group to remove the users from

memeberUserIDs - an array of user IDs to remove from the group

Throws:

PortalException - if the operation resulted in an error on the portal

java.rmi.RemoteException - if there was a communication problem during the execution of the remote method call

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the method passed an invalid group ID

addMemberGroups

public void addMemberGroups(int parentGroupID,
                            int[] memberGroupIDs)
                     throws PortalException,
                            java.rmi.RemoteException

Adds groups to a group. Any invalid memberGroupIDs will be silently ignored. Passing a non-existent parentGroupID will result in a PortalException. Note: Since this method performs multiple operations, any exception thrown will have details of each failure.

Parameters:

parentGroupID - the ID of the parent group to add the groups to

memberGroupIDs - an array of group IDs to add to the parent group

Throws:

PortalException - if the operation resulted in an error on the portal

java.rmi.RemoteException - if there was a communication problem during the execution of the remote method call

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the method passed an invalid parent group ID

removeMemberGroups

public void removeMemberGroups(int parentGroupID,
                               int[] memberGroupIDs)
                        throws PortalException,
                               java.rmi.RemoteException

Removes groups from a group. Any invalid memberGroupIDs will be silently ignored. Passing a non-existent parentGroupID will result in a PortalException. Note: Since this method performs multiple operations, any exception thrown will have details of each failure.

Parameters:

parentGroupID - the ID of the parent group to remove the groups from

memberGroupIDs - an array of group IDs to remove from the parent group

Throws:

PortalException - if the operation resulted in an error on the portal

java.rmi.RemoteException - if there was a communication problem during the execution of the remote method call

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the method passed an invalid parent group ID