com.sas.edir
Interface Group

All Superinterfaces:

Caching, Entity, TrackedObject

public interface Group

extends Entity

A group is an enterprise entity that contains a collection of users who share a role. A group provides:

• Access to group properties: Description, Name, Owner.
• Access to group iterations: Member.

Version:

1.0

Author:

SAS

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.edir.Entity

PROPERTY_CHANGED, SUBPROPERTY_CHANGED

Method Summary

void	addMember(User member) Adds a member to this group.
User	getOwner() Returns this group's owner.
java.util.Iterator	memberIterator() Returns an iteration of all this group's members.
java.util.Iterator	memberIterator(java.util.Comparator compare) Returns a sorted iteration of all this group's members.
void	removeMember(User member) Removes a member from this group.
void	setOwner(User owner) Sets this group's owner.

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.edir.Entity

addPropertyChangeListener, getContext, getCreateTime, getCreatorsName, getDescription, getEnterpriseDirectory, getGuid, getModifiersName, getModifyTime, getName, getObjectclass, removeModificationItems, removePropertyChangeListener, setDescription, setGuid, setName, setObjectclass

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.edir.Caching

edirUpdateStore, getTimeToLive, isExpired, refreshCache, refreshCachedObjects, releaseCache, setDirty, setTimeToLive, setTimeToLive, updateStore

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.edir.TrackedObject

getTrackingId, getUserData, setUserData

Method Detail

memberIterator

public java.util.Iterator memberIterator()

Returns an iteration of all this group's members.

Returns:

A User iteration.

memberIterator

public java.util.Iterator memberIterator(java.util.Comparator compare)

Returns a sorted iteration of all this group's members.

Parameters:

comparator - A Comparator for sorting, or null for no sorting.

Returns:

A User iteration.

addMember

public void addMember(User member)

Adds a member to this group.

Parameters:

member - The member to add.

Throws:

NamingException - Thrown for enterprise directory failure.

removeMember

public void removeMember(User member)

Removes a member from this group.

Parameters:

member - The member to remove.

Throws:

NamingException - Thrown for enterprise directory failure.

getOwner

public User getOwner()

Returns this group's owner.

Returns:

The owner.

setOwner

public void setOwner(User owner)

Sets this group's owner.

This change is not persisted to the enterprise directory until updateStore is called.

Parameters:

name - The owner.