/*
* 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.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.solmix.api.exception.SlxException;
/**
*
* @author Administrator
* @version 110035 2012-9-26
*/
public interface Group extends Serializable
{
public String getName();
public boolean hasRole(String roleName) throws SlxException;
/**
* Gets an arbitrary property from this group.
*/
String getProperty(String propertyName);
/**
* Sets an arbitrary property for this group.
*/
void setProperty(String propertyName, String value);
/**
* Get groups that are directly assigned to group.
*/
public Collection<String> getGroups();
/**
* Get all groups assigned to this group, collected recursively from subgroups.
* */
public Collection<String> getAllGroups();
/**
* Get roles that are directly assigned to group.
*/
public Collection<String> getRoles();
/**
* Gets identifier of the group.
*/
public String getId();
}