com.jcorporate.expresso.services.dbobj
Class UserGroup

java.lang.Object
  com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dataobjects.BaseDataObject
      com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dataobjects.jdbc.JDBCDataObject
          com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dbobj.DBObject
              com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dbobj.SecuredDBObject
                  com.jcorporate.expresso.services.dbobj.SecurityDBObject
                      com.jcorporate.expresso.services.dbobj.UserGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cacheable, ContextNested, DataObject, LookupInterface, Securable, Serializable

public class UserGroup

extends SecurityDBObject

UserGroup.java

Copyright 1999-2002 Jcorporate Ltd.

UserGroup is a grouping of a number of users for security purposes. Modern terms would call this a Role table. Groups are the equivalant under a different name

Since:

Expresso 1.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.19 $ $Date: 2004/04/04 08:02:51 $

Author:

Michael Nash

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dbobj.DBObject

DBObject.FieldError, DBObject.FieldUpdate

Field Summary

static String	ADMIN_GROUP
static String	ALL_USERS_GROUP used as default group for all users who register and their reg domain has no other group set
static String	DEMO_GROUP
static int	GROUP_DESCRIP_MAX_LEN
static String	GROUP_DESCRIPTION
static String	GROUP_NAME_FIELD
static int	GROUP_NAME_MAX_LEN
static String	NOT_REG_USERS_GROUP
static String	UNKNOWN_USERS_GROUP groups created as part of DBTool.setupSecurity bootstrap

Fields inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.services.dbobj.SecurityDBObject

SECURITY_CONTEXT, SECURITY_OBJECTS

Fields inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dbobj.SecuredDBObject

ADD, ALL_FUNCTIONS, CACHE_NAME, CACHE_TTY, DELETE, SEARCH, SYSTEM_ACCOUNT, SYSTEM_ACCOUNT_NAME, UPDATE

Fields inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dbobj.DBObject

ATTRIBUTE_ERROR, ATTRIBUTE_ERROR_MESSAGE, ATTRIBUTE_PAGE_LIMIT, BIG_DECIMAL_ZERO, EMAIL_MASK, FLOAT_MASK, INT_MASK, IS_CHECK_RELATIONAL_INTEGRITY

Fields inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dataobjects.jdbc.JDBCDataObject

anyFieldsDistinct, anyFieldsToRetrieve, appendCustomWhere, caseSensitiveQuery, customWhereClause, dbKey, distinctFields, localConnection, maxRecords, myClassName, myUpdates, offsetRecord, recordSet, retrieveFields, sMetadataMap, sortKeys

Fields inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dataobjects.BaseDataObject

currentStatus

Fields inherited from interface com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dataobjects.DataObject

STATUS_CURRENT, STATUS_DELETED, STATUS_NEW, STATUS_UPDATED

Constructor Summary

UserGroup()

UserGroup(ControllerRequest request)
For using DBObjects within Controllers.

UserGroup(int uid)
Initializes the usergroup with the permissions of the given user.

Method Summary

protected void	checkAllReferredToBy() Check referential integrity of objects referring to this object
void	delete() Extend the super.delete() method to first delete the GroupMembers elements that refer to the group being deleted
static UserGroup	getGroup(String groupname)
String	getGroupDescription() convenience method
String	getGroupName() convenience method
Vector	getValues() Gets the valid values, specifically it returns a map of GroupNames to GroupDescriptions
void	populateDefaultValues() Populates the default user groups.
void	setGroupName(String groupName) convenience method
protected void	setupFields() Method to set up the fields for this database object.

Methods inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.services.dbobj.SecurityDBObject

overrideDataContext, setDataContext, setDBName

Methods inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dbobj.SecuredDBObject

add, canRequesterAdd, canRequesterDelete, canRequesterRead, canRequesterUpdate, checkAllowed, copyAttributes, count, createSecurityCache, deleteAll, find, getCharset, getDescription, getDescription, getRequestingUid, getString, getString, getString, getString, getString, getString, getSystemUid, getUser, getUserName, instantiate, isAllowed, retrieve, search, searchAndRetrieveList, searchAndRetrieveList, setRequestingUid, setUser, update

Methods inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dbobj.DBObject

addCacheEventListener, addDetail, addField, addField, addFieldError, addFoundKeys, addIfNeeded, addIndex, addKey, addOrUpdate, addSortKey, addToCache, addTransition, addVirtualField, addVirtualField, addVirtualField, addVirtualField, allowsNull, average, basicAdd, checkAllRefs, checkAllRefsPublic, checkDeleteDetailPerm, checkField, checkRef, checkRef, clear, clearDistinctFields, clearError, clearFieldsToRetrieve, clearSortKeys, containsWildCards, delete, deleteDetails, denotesRange, disableLogging, enableLogging, equals, forKey, formatDateTime, get, getAllAttributes, getAllDBFields, getAllFields, getAllFieldsIterator, getAllFieldsMap, getAllKeys, getAllKeysIterator, getAllKeysMap, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributesIterator, getBinaryField, getBooleanFieldValue, getCacheSize, getCacheStats, getCacheStatsMap, getCheckZeroUpdate, getCustomWhereClause, getDataContext, getDataField, getDataTransferObject, getDBName, getDefaultValue, getDetailFieldsForeign, getDetailFieldsLocal, getDetails, getDistinctFieldCount, getDistinctFieldList, getDistinctFields, getField, getFieldBigDecimal, getFieldBoolean, getFieldByte, getFieldData, getFieldDate, getFieldDecimalFormatted, getFieldDouble, getFieldErrorMessage, getFieldFloat, getFieldInt, getFieldList, getFieldListArray, getFieldListIterator, getFieldLong, getFieldMetaData, getFields, getFieldShort, getFieldsToRetrieveCount, getFilterClass, getFoundCount, getFoundKeys, getFoundKeysArray, getIndexArray, getISOValuesDefault, getISOValuesDefault, getISOValuesDefault, getKey, getKeyFieldList, getKeyFieldListArray, getKeyFieldListIterator, getLength, getLengthInt, getLimitationPosition, getLimitationSyntax, getLocalConnection, getLocale, getLookupObject, getMax, getMax, getMaxRecords, getMyKeys, getMyUpdates, getMyUpdatesArray, getName, getOffsetRecord, getOriginalDBName, getPatternMatcher, getPrecision, getRecordSet, getRecordSetArrayList, getSchema, getSerializedForm, getStringFilter, getTableName, getTargetTable, getThisDBbj, getThisDBObj, getTransitionsIterator, getType, getValidValueDescrip, getValidValues, getValidValuesList, getValuesDefault, getValuesDefault, getValuesDefault, hasError, hasErrors, hasField, hasIndex, haveAllKeys, initialize, isCached, isDateType, isDistinct, isEmpty, isField, isFieldDistinct, isFieldIgnoreCase, isFieldNull, isFieldsToRetrieve, isFieldToRetrieve, isMultiValued, isNumericType, isQuotedType, isReadOnly, isSecret, isVirtual, loadFromConnection, logChange, max, min, newInstance, noNewLine, noQuotes, notifyListeners, referredToBy, removeAttribute, removeAttribute, removeFromCache, retrieveFromCache, saveBinaryField, saveBinaryField, search, set, setAttribute, setAttribute, setCacheSize, setCharset, setCheckZeroUpdate, setConnection, setConnection, setCustomWhereClause, setCustomWhereClause, setDataField, setDataTransferObject, setDefaultValue, setDescription, setField, setField, setField, setField, setField, setField, setField, setField, setField, setFieldData, setFieldDistinct, setFieldsToRetrieve, setFilterClass, setFilterClass, setKeys, setLocale, setLookupField, setLookupObject, setMask, setMaxRecords, setMultiValued, setName, setOffsetRecord, setReadOnly, setSchema, setSchema, setSecret, setSortKey, setStringFilter, setStringFiltersOnAll, setTargetTable, sqlAggrFunction, sum, toDebugString, update, verify

Methods inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dataobjects.jdbc.JDBCDataObject

buildWhereClause, buildWhereClauseBuffer, checkZeroUpdate, constructNewMetaData, createAndExecuteSearch, getConnectionPool, getCustomStringFieldValue, getDef, getDistinctFieldArrayList, getExecutor, getFieldsToRetrieveIterator, getJDBCMetaData, getJDBCUtil, getMappedDataContext, getMetaData, getQueryInterface, getSerialForm, loadFromConnection, makeLimitationStub, quoteIfNeeded, selectFieldString, setCaseSensitiveQuery, setDBConnectionPool, setMappedDataContext, setOriginalDBName

Methods inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.core.dataobjects.BaseDataObject

getStatus, setStatus

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

GROUP_NAME_FIELD

public static final String GROUP_NAME_FIELD

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Constant Field Values

GROUP_DESCRIPTION

public static final String GROUP_DESCRIPTION

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Constant Field Values

GROUP_NAME_MAX_LEN

public static final int GROUP_NAME_MAX_LEN

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Constant Field Values

GROUP_DESCRIP_MAX_LEN

public static final int GROUP_DESCRIP_MAX_LEN

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Constant Field Values

ALL_USERS_GROUP

public static final String ALL_USERS_GROUP

used as default group for all users who register and their reg domain has no other group set

See Also:

SimpleRegistration, Constant Field Values

DEMO_GROUP

public static final String DEMO_GROUP

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Constant Field Values

UNKNOWN_USERS_GROUP

public static final String UNKNOWN_USERS_GROUP

groups created as part of DBTool.setupSecurity bootstrap

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Constant Field Values

NOT_REG_USERS_GROUP

public static final String NOT_REG_USERS_GROUP

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Constant Field Values

ADMIN_GROUP

public static final String ADMIN_GROUP

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

UserGroup

public UserGroup()
          throws DBException

Throws:

DBException

See Also:

SecuredDBObject

UserGroup

public UserGroup(int uid)
          throws DBException

Initializes the usergroup with the permissions of the given user.

Parameters:

uid - the User's uid

Throws:

DBException - upon instantion error

UserGroup

public UserGroup(ControllerRequest request)
          throws DBException

For using DBObjects within Controllers. Initializes based upon the current user and the requested db. [Of course this can be modified later]

Parameters:

request - - The controller request handed to you by the framework.

Throws:

DBException

Method Detail

checkAllReferredToBy

protected void checkAllReferredToBy()
                             throws DBException

Check referential integrity of objects referring to this object

Overrides:

checkAllReferredToBy in class DBObject

Throws:

DBException - If the integrity cannot be verified

delete

public void delete()
            throws DBException

Extend the super.delete() method to first delete the GroupMembers elements that refer to the group being deleted

Specified by:

delete in interface DataObject

Overrides:

delete in class SecuredDBObject

Throws:

DBException

setupFields

protected void setupFields()
                    throws DBException

Description copied from class: DBObject

Method to set up the fields for this database object. This method should be defined in the implementing object and should make calls to addField, addKey, setMultiValued, etc. as required to define the content of the DBObject. Each setupFields method should call "super.setupFields()" so that field definitions can be "inheritcable"

Overrides:

setupFields in class DBObject

Throws:

DBException

See Also:

SecuredDBObject

getValues

public Vector getValues()
                 throws DBException

Gets the valid values, specifically it returns a map of GroupNames to GroupDescriptions

Specified by:

getValues in interface LookupInterface

Overrides:

getValues in class DBObject

Returns:

a vector of valid values.

Throws:

DBException

See Also:

DBObject.getValidValues(java.lang.String)

populateDefaultValues

public void populateDefaultValues()
                           throws DBException

Populates the default user groups.

Overrides:

populateDefaultValues in class DBObject

Throws:

DBException

getGroupName

public String getGroupName()
                    throws DBException

convenience method

Returns:

name of group

Throws:

DBException - upon error

setGroupName

public void setGroupName(String groupName)
                  throws DBException

convenience method

Parameters:

groupName - the new gropu name

Throws:

DBException - upon error

getGroup

public static UserGroup getGroup(String groupname)
                          throws DBException

Parameters:

groupname - the new group name

Returns:

group for this name, or null if not found; uses "default" dbcontext

Throws:

DBException - upon error

getGroupDescription

public String getGroupDescription()
                           throws DBException

convenience method

Returns:

java.lang.String the group description

Throws:

DBException - upon error