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 * (C) Copyright 2006-2007 Nuxeo SAS (http://nuxeo.com/) and contributors.
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * (LGPL) version 2.1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
 *
 * This library 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.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Nuxeo - initial API and implementation
 *
 * $Id$
 */

package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.api;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Holds the list of member users and subgroups for a group.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:glefter@nuxeo.com">George Lefter</a>
 *
 */
public interface NuxeoGroup extends Serializable {

    String PREFIX = "group:";

    /**
     * Gets the list of member users of this group.
     *
     * @return the list of member users of this group
     */
    List<String> getMemberUsers();

    /**
     * Gets the list of member groups of this group.
     *
     * @return the list of member groups of this group
     */
    List<String> getMemberGroups();

    /**
     * Gets the list of groups this group is a member of.
     *
     * @return the list of member groups of this group
     */
    List<String> getParentGroups();

    /**
     * Sets the list of member users for this group.
     *
     * @param users a list of users
     */
    void setMemberUsers(List<String> users);

    /**
     * Sets the list of member groups for this group.
     *
     * @param groups a list of groups
     */
    void setMemberGroups(List<String> groups);

    /**
     * Sets the list of groups this group is member of.
     *
     * @param groups a list of groups
     */
    void setParentGroups(List<String> groups);

    /**
     * Gets the name of the group.
     *
     * @return the name of the group
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Sets the name of this group.
     *
     * @param name the new name of the group
     */
    void setName(String name);

}