info.magnolia.cms.security
Interface GroupManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

MgnlGroupManager

public interface GroupManager

Author:

Sameer Charles $Id: GroupManager.java 32667 2010-03-13 00:37:06Z gjoseph $

Method Summary

Group	createGroup(java.lang.String name) Create a group
java.util.Collection<Group>	getAllGroups() Get all groups defined in the system
Group	getGroup(java.lang.String name) Get group by the given name

Method Detail

createGroup

Group createGroup(java.lang.String name)
                  throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException,
                         AccessDeniedException

Create a group

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

newly created group

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the implementation does not support writing

AccessDeniedException - if logged in repository user does not sufficient rights

getGroup

Group getGroup(java.lang.String name)
               throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException,
                      AccessDeniedException

Get group by the given name

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

group

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the implementation does not support writing

AccessDeniedException - if logged in repository user does not sufficient rights

getAllGroups

java.util.Collection<Group> getAllGroups()
                                         throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

Get all groups defined in the system

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException