org.gatein.api.security

Class Group

java.lang.Object

org.gatein.api.security.Group

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Group
extends Object
implements Serializable

Represents a group. A User can belong to one or more groups.

Author:

Nick Scavelli

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Group(String... group) Creates an new group instance with the specified hierarchy.
Group(String id) Creates an new group instance with the specified id.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getId() Returns the id of the group.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Group

public Group(String... group)

Creates an new group instance with the specified hierarchy. For example new Group("platform", "administrators")

Parameters:

group - the group

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if group is null or empty

Group

public Group(String id)

Creates an new group instance with the specified id. For example new Group("/platform/administrators")

Parameters:

id - the id of the group

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if id is null

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

Returns the id of the group. For example "/platform/administrators"

Returns:

the group id

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object