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com.bea.p13n.usermgmt
Interface GroupManager

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javax.ejb.EJBObject, Remote

Deprecated See method level Javadoc and com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

public interface GroupManager

extends javax.ejb.EJBObject

Remote interface for the GroupManager session bean. This class depends on the following EJB environment in the ejb deployment descriptor:

• ejb/GroupProfileManager: an ejb-ref pointing to the default GroupProfileManager deployment.
• ProtectedGroupNames: an env-entry of type String containing a comma-separated list of group names (case insensitive) that cannot be deleted through the GroupManager. These are optional, required only if you wish to protect group names from deletion. Note that the special WLS groups everyone, users, and Administrators are always protected - this list can be used to extend that protection to other groups. Any methods that create or remove groups delegate to the WebLogic provider selected by RealmHelper.getProviderMBean. If multiple providers are configured, see RealmHelper for information about which of those providers will be used.

  See Also

  RealmHelper.getProviderMBean()

  Method Summary

  void	addGroupToGroup(String parentGroup, String childGroup) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  void	addUserToGroup(String groupname, String username) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  ProfileWrapper	createGroup(String name) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  List	getAllGroupNames() Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  List	getChildGroupNames(String groupname) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  List	getGroupNamesForUser(String username) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  ProfileWrapper	getGroupProfile(String name) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.usermgmt.profile.ProfileFactory
  ProfileManager	getGroupProfileManager(String name) Deprecated Returns a profile manager that can be used to access a group's profile.
  String	getParentGroupName(String groupname) Deprecated This method no longer supported. Use methods of com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  List	getTopLevelGroupNames() Deprecated This method no longer supported. Use methods of com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  List	getUsernamesForGroup(String groupname) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  List	getUsernamesForGroup(String groupname, String searchExpression, int limit) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  boolean	groupExists(String name) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  boolean	isDeletableGroup(String name) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnSecurityMgmtHelper
  boolean	isDescendent(String ancestor, String descendent) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  boolean	isMember(String groupname, String username) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  void	removeGroup(String name) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  void	removeGroupFromGroup(String parentGroup, String childGroup) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy
  void	removeUserFromGroup(String groupname, String username) Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.EJBObject

  getEJBHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, isIdentical, remove

  Method Detail

  getGroupProfile

  ProfileWrapper getGroupProfile(String name)
                                 throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.usermgmt.profile.ProfileFactory

  Parameters

  name - the name of the group to access

  Returns

  the GroupProfileManager

  Throws

  RemoteException

  getGroupProfileManager

  ProfileManager getGroupProfileManager(String name)
                                        throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated

  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

  Throws

  RemoteException

  groupExists

  boolean groupExists(String name)
                      throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Determines if a group exists. This method simply checks all providers for a group with the given name.

  Parameters

  name - the group name to check

  Returns

  true if the group exists, false otherwise

  Throws

  RemoteException

  createGroup

  ProfileWrapper createGroup(String name)
                             throws RemoteException,
                                    GroupAlreadyExistsException,
                                    InvalidGroupnameException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Throws

  GroupAlreadyExistsException - if the group already exists

  InvalidGroupnameException - if the group name is invalid

  RemoteException

  isDeletableGroup

  boolean isDeletableGroup(String name)
                           throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnSecurityMgmtHelper

  Determine if a group can be deleted.

  Returns

  false if the group name given is protected by the system in any way

  Throws

  RemoteException

  removeGroup

  void removeGroup(String name)
                   throws RemoteException,
                          InvalidGroupnameException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

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

  Parameters

  the - name of the group to remove

  Throws

  InvalidGroupnameException - if the group is protected and cannot be deleted

  RemoteException

  addUserToGroup

  void addUserToGroup(String groupname,
                      String username)
                      throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Add a user to a group.

  Parameters

  groupname - the name of the group to modify

  username - the name of the user to add

  Throws

  RemoteException

  removeUserFromGroup

  void removeUserFromGroup(String groupname,
                           String username)
                           throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Remove a user from a group

  Parameters

  groupname - the name of the group to modify

  username - the name of the user to remove

  Throws

  RemoteException

  addGroupToGroup

  void addGroupToGroup(String parentGroup,
                       String childGroup)
                       throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Add a child group to a group

  Parameters

  parentGroup - the name of the group to modify

  childGroup - the name of the group to add

  Throws

  RemoteException

  removeGroupFromGroup

  void removeGroupFromGroup(String parentGroup,
                            String childGroup)
                            throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Remove a child group from a group

  Parameters

  parentGroup - the name of the group to modify

  childGroup - the name of the group to remove

  Throws

  RemoteException

  getTopLevelGroupNames

  List getTopLevelGroupNames()
                             throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated This method no longer supported. Use methods of com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

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

  Throws

  RemoteException

  getAllGroupNames

  List getAllGroupNames()
                        throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Retrieve a list of all groups in the system.

  Throws

  RemoteException

  getGroupNamesForUser

  List getGroupNamesForUser(String username)
                            throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

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

  Parameters

  username - the user to query

  Throws

  RemoteException

  getUsernamesForGroup

  List getUsernamesForGroup(String groupname)
                            throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Retrieve a list of all users in a group.

  Parameters

  groupname - the group to query

  Throws

  RemoteException

  getUsernamesForGroup

  List getUsernamesForGroup(String groupname,
                            String searchExpression,
                            int limit)
                            throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  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

  Throws

  RemoteException

  getChildGroupNames

  List getChildGroupNames(String groupname)
                          throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Retrieve a list of all children of a group.

  Parameters

  groupname - the group to query

  Throws

  RemoteException

  getParentGroupName

  String getParentGroupName(String groupname)
                            throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated This method no longer supported. Use methods of com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  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

  Throws

  RemoteException

  isDescendent

  boolean isDescendent(String ancestor,
                       String descendent)
                       throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  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

  Throws

  RemoteException

  isMember

  boolean isMember(String groupname,
                   String username)
                   throws RemoteException
  

  Deprecated See com.bea.p13n.security.management.authentication.AtnManagerProxy

  Determine if a user is a member of a group.

  Parameters

  groupname - the group to query

  username - the user to look for

  Throws

  RemoteException