org.apache.lenya.ac
Interface Group

All Superinterfaces:

Accreditable, Identifiable, Item

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGroup, FileGroup

public interface Group
extends Identifiable, Item

A group.

Version:

$Id: Group.java 473841 2006-11-12 00:46:38Z gregor $

Method Summary

void	add(Groupable member) Adds a member to this group.
boolean	contains(Groupable member) Returns if this group contains this member.
void	delete() Delete a group.
Groupable[]	getMembers() Returns the members of this group.
void	remove(Groupable member) Removes a member from this group.
void	removeAllMembers() Removes all members from this group.
void	save() Saves this group.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lenya.ac.Accreditable

getAccreditables

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lenya.ac.Item

configure, getDescription, getId, getName, setConfigurationDirectory, setDescription, setName

Method Detail

getMembers

Groupable[] getMembers()

Returns the members of this group.

Returns:

An array of Groupables.

add

void add(Groupable member)

Adds a member to this group.

Parameters:

member - The member to add.

remove

void remove(Groupable member)

Removes a member from this group.

Parameters:

member - The member to remove.

removeAllMembers

void removeAllMembers()

Removes all members from this group.

contains

boolean contains(Groupable member)

Returns if this group contains this member.

Parameters:

member - The member to check.

Returns:

A boolean value.

delete

void delete()
            throws AccessControlException

Delete a group.

Throws:

AccessControlException - if the delete failed

save

void save()
          throws AccessControlException

Saves this group.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when saving failed.