*** This interface provides Binary Compatibility only, not Source Compatibility ***

com.sas.services.information.metadata
Interface GroupInterface

All Superinterfaces:

MetadataInterface, PublicObjectInterface, java.rmi.Remote

All Known Subinterfaces:

ContentSubscriberGroupInterface, EventSubscriberGroupInterface

public interface GroupInterface
extends MetadataInterface

This is a generic interface for objects coming out of the repositories that represent groups. A generic group can be a collection of any type of metadata object.

Since:

1.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.services.information.metadata.MetadataInterface

METADATA_STATE_DELETED, METADATA_STATE_DESTROYED, METADATA_STATE_NEW, METADATA_STATE_NORMAL, PERMISSION_READMETADATA, PERMISSION_WRITEMETADATA

Method Summary

void	addMember(MetadataInterface member) Add a new member to the group.
void	addMemberOrdered(MetadataInterface member) Add a new member to the group such that it will be ordered even if it's in another repository (This is primarily for OMR groups).
void	addOwner(PersonInterface owner) Add a person as an owner of the group.
java.util.List	getMembers() Get the members of the group.
java.util.List	getMembersAllRepositories() Get all the members of the group, including those that may be in dependent repositories.
java.util.List	getOwners() Get the list of owners for this list.
java.util.List	members() Get the members of the group.
boolean	removeMember(MetadataInterface member) Remove a member from the group.
void	removeOwner(PersonInterface owner) Remove a person from the owner list.

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.services.information.metadata.MetadataInterface

add, addAccessControl, addAttribute, addAttributes, addDocument, addExtension, addGroup, addImplementor, addKeyword, addNoteTextStore, addNoteTextStore, addObjectProperty, addObjectProperty, addPermissions, addPrompt, addPropertySet, addRemark, addResponsibleParty, addTransactionListener, addUsedByPrototype, checkin, checkout, commit, copyTo, countAssociatedObjects, delete, deleteAttribute, deleteAttributes, destroy, getAccessControls, getAttribute, getAttributes, getAuthorizationUtil, getCreateDate, getCreatedBy, getDescription, getDocuments, getEntityKey, getEntityURL, getExtensions, getGroups, getGUID, getIdentities, getImplementors, getKeywords, getLockedBy, getModifiedBy, getModifyDate, getNoteTextStore, getNoteTextStores, getNoteTextStoresByRole, getObjectProperties, getParent, getParentPath, getParents, getPath, getPaths, getPermission, getPermissions, getPermissions, getPreviousVersionNames, getPrimaryPropertyGroup, getPrompt, getPrompts, getPropertyBag, getPropertySets, getRemarksList, getReposId, getRepository, getRepositoryEntity, getRepositoryName, getReposKey, getResponsibleParties, getState, getTrackingId, getType, getUsageVersion, getUsedByPrototypes, getUsingPrototype, getVersion, isAuthorized, isCompatible, isDeleted, isDestroyed, isLoggingEnabled, isObjectAlive, isReadCompatible, logMessage, mapNameToFilesystem, mapUrlToFilesystem, moveTo, newServiceObject, refresh, removeAccessControl, removeDocument, removeExtension, removeGroup, removeImplementor, removeKeyword, removeNoteTextStore, removeObjectProperty, removePermissions, removePrompt, removePropertySet, removeResponsibleParty, removeUsedByPrototype, rollback, setAttribute, setAttributes, setDeleted, setDescription, setDocuments, setExtensions, setGroups, setGUID, setKeywords, setName, setNoteTextStores, setObjectProperties, setPermission, setPrimaryPropertyGroup, setPrompt, setPrompts, setRemarksList, setRepository, setUsingPrototype, startTransaction, toByteArray, transactionEvent, uncheckout, update, updateFromBag, version

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.services.information.publicobject.PublicObjectInterface

addProcessorInterface, getContainer, getIdentifier, getName, getObjectURI, getPathUrl, getProcessorInterface, getTypeDescriptor

Method Detail

members

java.util.List members()
                       throws ServiceException,
                              java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the members of the group.

Returns:

a List of MetadataInterface objects representing the members of the group.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getMembers

java.util.List getMembers()
                          throws ServiceException,
                                 java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the members of the group.

Returns:

a List of MetadataInterface objects representing the members of the group.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getMembersAllRepositories

java.util.List getMembersAllRepositories()
                                         throws ServiceException,
                                                java.rmi.RemoteException

Get all the members of the group, including those that may be in dependent repositories.

Returns:

A List of MetadataInterface objects representing the members of the group.

Throws:

ServiceException - In the event of repository errors.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

addMember

void addMember(MetadataInterface member)
               throws ServiceException,
                      java.rmi.RemoteException

Add a new member to the group.

Parameters:

member - The new member to add.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

addMemberOrdered

void addMemberOrdered(MetadataInterface member)
                      throws ServiceException,
                             java.rmi.RemoteException

Add a new member to the group such that it will be ordered even if it's in another repository (This is primarily for OMR groups).

Parameters:

member - The new member to add.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

removeMember

boolean removeMember(MetadataInterface member)
                     throws ServiceException,
                            java.rmi.RemoteException

Remove a member from the group.

Parameters:

member - The member to remove.

Returns:

true if the member was removed, false otherwise.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getOwners

java.util.List getOwners()
                         throws ServiceException,
                                java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the list of owners for this list.

Returns:

a List of com.sas.services.information.metadata.Person objects representing the owner(s) of the group.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

addOwner

void addOwner(PersonInterface owner)
              throws ServiceException,
                     java.rmi.RemoteException

Add a person as an owner of the group.

Parameters:

owner - The person to add as an owner.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

removeOwner

void removeOwner(PersonInterface owner)
                 throws ServiceException,
                        java.rmi.RemoteException

Remove a person from the owner list.

Parameters:

owner - The person to remove from the list of owners.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

*** This interface provides Binary Compatibility only, not Source Compatibility ***