com.bea.p13n.usermgmt
Interface GroupManager

public interface GroupManager

extends javax.ejb.EJBObject

Remote interface for the GroupManager session bean. This class provides the core GroupManager functionality without doing any security checks. It is the responsibility of the GroupManager session bean(s) to do any security checks before calling the delegate. This class depends on the following environment variable in the calling GroupManager's environment context:

• ejb/GroupProfileManager: an ejb-ref pointing to the default GroupProfileManager deployment.

Any methods that create or remove groups, or modify group membership, delegate to the realm. If the underlying realm does not support these operations, a UserManagementException will be thrown.

Method Summary

void	addGroupToGroup(java.lang.String parentGroup, java.lang.String childGroup) Add a child group to a group
void	addUserToGroup(java.lang.String groupname, java.lang.String username) Add a user to a group.
ProfileWrapper	createGroup(java.lang.String name)
java.util.List	getAllGroupNames() Retrieve a list of all groups in the system.
java.util.List	getChildGroupNames(java.lang.String groupname) Retrieve a list of all children of a group.
java.util.List	getGroupNamesForUser(java.lang.String username) Retrieve a list of all groups that a user belongs to.
ProfileWrapper	getGroupProfile(java.lang.String name)
ProfileManager	getGroupProfileManager(java.lang.String name) Returns a profile manager that can be used to access a group's profile.
java.lang.String	getParentGroupName(java.lang.String groupname) Retrieve the parent of a group.
java.util.List	getTopLevelGroupNames() Retrieve a list of groups that do not have parent groups.
java.util.List	getUsernamesForGroup(java.lang.String groupname) Retrieve a list of all users in a group.
java.util.List	getUsernamesForGroup(java.lang.String groupname, java.lang.String searchExpression, int limit) Retrieve a list of users in a group, matching the provided wildcard expression
boolean	groupExists(java.lang.String name) Determines if a group exists in the realm.
boolean	isDescendent(java.lang.String ancestor, java.lang.String descendent) Determine if one group is a descendent of another.
boolean	isMember(java.lang.String groupname, java.lang.String username) Determine if a user is a member of a group.
void	removeGroup(java.lang.String name) Remove a group.
void	removeGroupFromGroup(java.lang.String parentGroup, java.lang.String childGroup) Remove a child group from a group
void	removeUserFromGroup(java.lang.String groupname, java.lang.String username) Remove a user from a group

Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.EJBObject

getEJBHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, isIdentical, remove

Method Detail

getGroupProfile

public ProfileWrapper getGroupProfile(java.lang.String name)
                               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Parameters:

name - the name of the group to access

Returns:

the GroupProfileManager

getGroupProfileManager

public ProfileManager getGroupProfileManager(java.lang.String name)
                                      throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Returns a profile manager that can be used to access a group's profile. If the requested group exists in the realm but does not have a profile yet, a new profile will be created at this time. Right now all groups use the same profile manager, but this method is meant to leave the option for this to change in the future (similar to profile types for users).

Parameters:

name - the name of the group to access

Returns:

the GroupProfileManager

groupExists

public boolean groupExists(java.lang.String name)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Determines if a group exists in the realm.

Parameters:

name - the group name to check

Returns:

true if the group exists, false otherwise

createGroup

public ProfileWrapper createGroup(java.lang.String name)
                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                  GroupAlreadyExistsException,
                                  InvalidGroupnameException

Throws:

GroupAlreadyExistsException - if the group already exists

InvalidGroupnameException - if the group name is invalid

removeGroup

public void removeGroup(java.lang.String name)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Remove a group. This will remove the group from both the realm and the profile tables.

Parameters:

the - name of the group to remove

addUserToGroup

public void addUserToGroup(java.lang.String groupname,
                           java.lang.String username)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Add a user to a group.

Parameters:

groupname - the name of the group to modify

username - the name of the user to add

removeUserFromGroup

public void removeUserFromGroup(java.lang.String groupname,
                                java.lang.String username)
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Remove a user from a group

Parameters:

groupname - the name of the group to modify

username - the name of the user to remove

addGroupToGroup

public void addGroupToGroup(java.lang.String parentGroup,
                            java.lang.String childGroup)
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Add a child group to a group

Parameters:

parentGroup - the name of the group to modify

childGroup - the name of the group to add

removeGroupFromGroup

public void removeGroupFromGroup(java.lang.String parentGroup,
                                 java.lang.String childGroup)
                          throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Remove a child group from a group

Parameters:

parentGroup - the name of the group to modify

childGroup - the name of the group to remove

getTopLevelGroupNames

public java.util.List getTopLevelGroupNames()
                                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Retrieve a list of groups that do not have parent groups. This will not return the built-in WLS "everyone" group.

getAllGroupNames

public java.util.List getAllGroupNames()
                                throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Retrieve a list of all groups in the system.

getGroupNamesForUser

public java.util.List getGroupNamesForUser(java.lang.String username)
                                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Retrieve a list of all groups that a user belongs to.

Parameters:

username - the user to query

getUsernamesForGroup

public java.util.List getUsernamesForGroup(java.lang.String groupname)
                                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Retrieve a list of all users in a group.

Parameters:

groupname - the group to query

getUsernamesForGroup

public java.util.List getUsernamesForGroup(java.lang.String groupname,
                                           java.lang.String searchExpression,
                                           int limit)
                                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Retrieve a list of users in a group, matching the provided wildcard expression

Parameters:

groupname - the group to query

searchExpression - a wildcard expression to match

limit - the maximum number of results to return

Returns:

a List of usernames that are in this group

getChildGroupNames

public java.util.List getChildGroupNames(java.lang.String groupname)
                                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Retrieve a list of all children of a group.

Parameters:

groupname - the group to query

getParentGroupName

public java.lang.String getParentGroupName(java.lang.String groupname)
                                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Retrieve the parent of a group. Assumes that a group will only have one parent, as enforced by the GroupManager. If your realm has groups with more than one parent, the first one encountered will be returned.

Parameters:

groupname - the group to query

isDescendent

public boolean isDescendent(java.lang.String ancestor,
                            java.lang.String descendent)
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Determine if one group is a descendent of another.

Parameters:

ancestor - see if the other group is a descendent of this group

descendent - see if this is a descendent of the other group

isMember

public boolean isMember(java.lang.String groupname,
                        java.lang.String username)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Determine if a user is a member of a group.

Parameters:

groupname - the group to query

username - the user to look for