com.xebialabs.deployit.engine.api
Interface RoleService

public interface RoleService

Manages the roles in Deployit's security system.

Method Summary

void	assign(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String principal) Assigns a role to a user or group.
void	create(java.lang.String name) Creates a new role.
void	delete(java.lang.String name) Removes a role from the Deployit security system.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	list() Lists the names of all available roles in the security system.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	listMyRoles() Lists the roles of the currently logged in user.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	listRoles(java.lang.String username) Lists the roles of a user.
void	rename(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String newName) Renames a role.
void	unassign(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String principal) Removes a role from a user or group.

Method Detail

list

java.util.List<java.lang.String> list()

Lists the names of all available roles in the security system.

Returns:

a list of role names.

listMyRoles

java.util.List<java.lang.String> listMyRoles()

Lists the roles of the currently logged in user.

Returns:

a list of role names.

listRoles

java.util.List<java.lang.String> listRoles(java.lang.String username)

Lists the roles of a user.

Parameters:

username - the username of the principal

Returns:

a list of role names.

create

void create(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new role. Does nothing if the role already exists.

Parameters:

name - the name of the new role.

assign

void assign(java.lang.String name,
            java.lang.String principal)

Assigns a role to a user or group. The role will be created if it doesn't exist yet.

Parameters:

name - the name of the role to assign

principal - the user or group to assign the role to.

unassign

void unassign(java.lang.String name,
              java.lang.String principal)

Removes a role from a user or group.

Parameters:

name - the name of the role to remove

principal - the user or group to remove the role from.

rename

void rename(java.lang.String name,
            java.lang.String newName)

Renames a role. Does nothing if the role does not exist.

Parameters:

name - the current name

newName - the new name

delete

void delete(java.lang.String name)

Removes a role from the Deployit security system. All assignments to principals are deleted as well.

Parameters:

name - the name of the role to delete.