java.security.acl
public interface: Group [javadoc |
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All Implemented Interfaces:
Principal
This interface is used to represent a group of principals. (A principal
represents an entity such as an individual user or a company).
Note that Group extends Principal. Thus, either a Principal or a Group can
be passed as an argument to methods containing a Principal parameter. For
example, you can add either a Principal or a Group to a Group object by
calling the object's addMember method, passing it the
Principal or Group.
- author:
Satish - Dharmaraj
| Method from java.security.acl.Group Detail: |
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 public boolean addMember(Principal user)
Adds the specified member to the group. |
public boolean isMember(Principal member) Returns true if the passed principal is a member of the group.
This method does a recursive search, so if a principal belongs to a
group which is a member of this group, true is returned. |
public Enumeration<Principal> members() Returns an enumeration of the members in the group.
The returned objects can be instances of either Principal
or Group (which is a subclass of Principal). |
public boolean removeMember(Principal user) Removes the specified member from the group. |