GroupsRolesService.java

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package it.geosolutions.geostore.services.rest.security;

import java.util.Set;

import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;

/**
 * Service to extract groups and/or roles list from an external service.
 * 
 * @author mauro.bartolomeoli@geo-solutions.it
 *
 */
public interface GroupsRolesService {
    /**
     * Get all groups from the external service.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public Set<GrantedAuthority> getAllGroups();
    
    /**
     * Get all roles from the external service.
     * 
     * (currently not used, it will be useful when roles will not be
     * fixed, finally).
     * @return
     */
    public Set<GrantedAuthority> getAllRoles();
}