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-/*
- * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.wamblee.security.authentication;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * Represents a set of groups. A typical implemnetation would be, a readonly
- * implementation defined in a configuration file or a list of groups defined in
- * a database.
- *
- * @author Erik Brakkee
- */
-public interface GroupSet {
- /**
- * Must be called when the group has been modified to notify the group set.
- *
- * @param aGroup
- * Group that was modified.
- */
- void groupModified(Group aGroup);
-
- /**
- * Finds the group by name.
- *
- * @param aName
- * Group name.
- *
- * @return Group or null if not found.
- */
- Group find(String aName);
-
- /**
- * Determines if the group exists.
- *
- * @param aGroup
- * Group.
- *
- * @return True iff the group exists.
- */
- boolean contains(Group aGroup);
-
- /**
- * Adds a group. If the group already exists, the existing group set is left
- * unchanged.
- *
- * @param aGroup
- * Group.
- *
- */
- boolean add(Group aGroup);
-
- /**
- * Removes a group. If the group does not exist, this method is a no-op.
- *
- * @param aGroup
- * Group to remove.
- *
- * @return True if the group was removed, false otherwise.
- */
- boolean remove(Group aGroup);
-
- /**
- * Returns the current groups.
- *
- * @return Groups.
- */
- Set<Group> list();
-
- /**
- *
- * @return The number of groups.
- */
- int size();
-}