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- All Superinterfaces:
Principal
@Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true) public interface Group extends Principal
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.This class is deprecated and subject to removal in a future version of Java SE. It has been replaced byjava.security.Policy
and related classes since 1.2.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.- Since:
- 1.1
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods Modifier and Type Method Description boolean
addMember(Principal user)
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.Adds the specified member to the group.boolean
isMember(Principal member)
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.Returns true if the passed principal is a member of the group.Enumeration<? extends Principal>
members()
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.Returns an enumeration of the members in the group.boolean
removeMember(Principal user)
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.Removes the specified member from the group.
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Method Detail
addMember
boolean addMember(Principal user)
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.Adds the specified member to the group.- Parameters:
user
- the principal to add to this group.- Returns:
- true if the member was successfully added, false if the principal was already a member.
removeMember
boolean removeMember(Principal user)
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.Removes the specified member from the group.- Parameters:
user
- the principal to remove from this group.- Returns:
- true if the principal was removed, or false if the principal was not a member.
isMember
boolean isMember(Principal member)
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.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.- Parameters:
member
- the principal whose membership is to be checked.- Returns:
- true if the principal is a member of this group, false otherwise.
members
Enumeration<? extends Principal> members()
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.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).- Returns:
- an enumeration of the group members.
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