BEA WebLogic Server 9.1 API Reference

weblogic.security.acl
Class DefaultGroupImpl

java.lang.Object
  weblogic.security.acl.DefaultGroupImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Group, Principal

Direct Known Subclasses:

FlatGroup

Deprecated. Deprecated in WebLogic Server 7.0. Replaced by JAAS and the Pluggable Security Infrastructure.

public abstract class DefaultGroupImpl

extends Object

implements Group

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Constructor Summary

DefaultGroupImpl(String name)
Deprecated.

Method Summary

boolean	addMember(Principal user) Deprecated. Adds the specified member to the group.
String	getName() Deprecated. Returns the name of this principal.
abstract boolean	isMember(Principal member) Deprecated. Returns true if the passed principal is a member of the group.
abstract Enumeration	members() Deprecated. Returns an enumeration of the members in the group.
boolean	removeMember(Principal user) Deprecated. Removes the specified member from the group.
String	toString() Deprecated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, hashCode

Constructor Detail

DefaultGroupImpl

public DefaultGroupImpl(String name)

Deprecated.

Method Detail

addMember

public boolean addMember(Principal user)

Deprecated.

Adds the specified member to the group.

Specified by:

addMember in interface Group

Parameters:

user - the principal to add to this group.

Returns:

true if the member was successfully added, false if the principal was already a member.

getName

public String getName()

Deprecated.

Returns the name of this principal.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

the name of this principal.

isMember

public abstract boolean isMember(Principal member)

Deprecated.

Returns true if the passed principal is a member of the group. This method does a recursive search, so if a principal belongs to a group which is a member of this group, true is returned.

Specified by:

isMember in interface Group

Parameters:

member - the principal whose membership is to be checked.

Returns:

true if the principal is a member of this group, false otherwise.

members

public abstract Enumeration members()

Deprecated.

Returns an enumeration of the members in the group. The returned objects can be instances of either Principal or Group (which is a subclass of Principal).

Specified by:

members in interface Group

Returns:

an enumeration of the group members.

removeMember

public boolean removeMember(Principal user)

Deprecated.

Removes the specified member from the group.

Specified by:

removeMember in interface Group

Parameters:

user - the principal to remove from this group.

Returns:

true if the principal was removed, or false if the principal was not a member.

toString

public String toString()

Deprecated.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal