Package com.bloomreach.xm.repository.security

Interface RolesManager

public interface RolesManager

Provides administrative (crud) roles management.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Role	addRole(Role roleTemplate)	Add a new role.
boolean	deleteRole(String roleName)	Delete a role.
Role	updateRole(Role roleTemplate)	Update a role.

Method Details

addRole

Role addRole(Role roleTemplate)
      throws IllegalArgumentException,
AccessDeniedException,
RepositoryException

Add a new role.

Parameters:

roleTemplate - A template for the role to create from, for example a RoleBean instance

Returns:

the created role (retrieved from the RolesProvider

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when the role is null or roleTemplate.name is null/blank

AccessDeniedException - if not allowed to create a role, or trying to create a system role which is only allowed for system users: HippoSession.isSystemSession()

RepositoryException - if the underlying HippoSession is no longer live, or something else went wrong

updateRole

Role updateRole(Role roleTemplate)
         throws IllegalArgumentException,
AccessDeniedException,
RepositoryException

Update a role.

Parameters:

roleTemplate - A template for the role to update from, for example a RoleBean instance

Returns:

the (possibly) updated role (retrieved from the RolesProvider

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when the role is null or roleTemplate.name is null/blank

AccessDeniedException - if not allowed to set the system status, or change a system role, which is only allowed for system users: HippoSession.isSystemSession()

RepositoryException - if the underlying HippoSession is no longer live, or something else went wrong

deleteRole

boolean deleteRole(String roleName)
            throws IllegalArgumentException,
AccessDeniedException,
RepositoryException

Delete a role.

Parameters:

roleName - The name of the role to delete

Returns:

true if the role was deleted; false if the role didn't exist (anymore)

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when the roleName is null/blank

AccessDeniedException - if not allowed to delete a system role which is only allowed for system users: HippoSession.isSystemSession()

RepositoryException - if the underlying HippoSession is no longer live, or something else went wrong