Package org.xwiki.user.group

Interface GroupManager

@Role
public interface GroupManager

Fast access to group membership.

Since:

10.8RC1

Version:

$Id: d525a26a25e08efefe69d63c6df8ded2451e6d99 $

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Collection<DocumentReference>	getGroups(DocumentReference member, Object wikiTarget, boolean recurse)	Search groups the passed user or group is member of.
Collection<DocumentReference>	getMembers(DocumentReference group, boolean recurse)	Retrieve the users and groups which are the members of the passed group.

Method Detail

getGroups

Collection<DocumentReference> getGroups(DocumentReference member,
                                        Object wikiTarget,
                                        boolean recurse)
                                 throws GroupException

Search groups the passed user or group is member of.

{code wikis} controls where to search for the groups and recurse only the direct group should be returned or the whole hierarchy.

Parameters:

member - the group member (user or group)

wikiTarget - the wikis where to search. The following types are supported:

• WikiTarget
• String
• Collection<String>
• org.xwiki.model.reference.WikiReference
• Collection<org.xwiki.model.reference.WikiReference>

recurse - false if only the direct groups should be returned, true to take into account groups of groups

Returns:

the groups the passed user or group is member of

Throws:

GroupException - when failing to get groups

getMembers

Collection<DocumentReference> getMembers(DocumentReference group,
                                         boolean recurse)
                                  throws GroupException

Retrieve the users and groups which are the members of the passed group.

Parameters:

group - the group for which to return the members

recurse - false if only the direct members should be returned, true to take into account groups of groups

Returns:

the members of the passed group

Throws:

GroupException - when failing to get members