org.jboss.security.identity
Interface RoleGroup

All Superinterfaces:

Role, Serializable

public interface RoleGroup
extends Role

Represents a group of roles

Since:

Nov 16, 2007

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com

Method Summary

void	addAll(List<Role> roles) Adds all specified roles to the RoleGroup instance.
void	addRole(Role aRole) Add a role
void	clearRoles() Clear all the roles
boolean	containsAtleastOneRole(RoleGroup anotherRoleGroup) Validates whether there is at least one matching role in "anotherRoleGroup"
boolean	containsRole(Role aRole) Validates whether a simple role is available
List<Role>	getRoles() Get the roles contained
void	removeRole(Role aRole) Remove a role

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.security.identity.Role

containsAll, getParent, getRoleName, getType

Method Detail

getRoles

List<Role> getRoles()

Get the roles contained

Returns:

addRole

void addRole(Role aRole)

Add a role

Parameters:

aRole -

addAll

void addAll(List<Role> roles)

Adds all specified roles to the RoleGroup instance.

Parameters:

roles - a List containing the roles to be added to the RoleGroup.

clearRoles

void clearRoles()

Clear all the roles

removeRole

void removeRole(Role aRole)

Remove a role

Parameters:

aRole -

containsRole

boolean containsRole(Role aRole)

Validates whether a simple role is available

Parameters:

aRole - simple role

Returns:

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - role is not simple

containsAtleastOneRole

boolean containsAtleastOneRole(RoleGroup anotherRoleGroup)

Validates whether there is at least one matching role in "anotherRoleGroup"

Parameters:

anotherRoleGroup - another role group

Returns: