org.jboss.security.identity
Interface Role

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

RoleGroup

public interface Role
extends Serializable

Represents a Role

Since:

Nov 16, 2007

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com

Method Summary

boolean	containsAll(Role anotherRole) Indicate whether the argument role is equal or contained depending on the role-type
Role	getParent() Gets a reference to the parent role, if one is available.
String	getRoleName() Get Name of the Role
RoleType	getType() Get type of role

Method Detail

getRoleName

String getRoleName()

Get Name of the Role

Returns:

getType

RoleType getType()

Get type of role

Returns:

simple,group

containsAll

boolean containsAll(Role anotherRole)

Indicate whether the argument role is equal or contained depending on the role-type

Parameters:

anotherRole -

Returns:

true or false

getParent

Role getParent()

Gets a reference to the parent role, if one is available.

Returns:

a reference to the parent role if one exists; null otherwise.