/*
* Copyright 2012 The Solmix Project
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*/
package org.solmix.api.security;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import org.solmix.api.exception.SlxException;
import org.solmix.api.security.auth.ACL;
/**
*
* @author Administrator
* @version 110035 2012-9-26
*/
public interface GroupManager
{
/**
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the implementation does not support writing
*/
public Group createGroup(String name) throws SlxException;
/**
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the implementation does not support writing
*/
public Group getGroup(String name) throws SlxException;
/**
* Get all groups defined in the system.
*/
public Collection<Group> getAllGroups() throws UnsupportedOperationException;
/**
* Get all groups related to one concrete group.
*/
public Collection<String> getAllGroups(String groupName) throws SlxException;
public Map<String, ACL> getACLs(String group);
/**
* Grants to the group a role.
*
* @return Group object with the role already granted.
*/
public Group addRole(Group group, String roleName) throws SlxException;
/**
* Adds to the group to a group.
*
* @return group object with the group already assigned.
*/
public Group addGroup(Group group, String groupName) throws SlxException;
}