au.edu.swin.synergy.plugin.userdb
Class BReferentialIntegrity

java.lang.Object
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  +--au.edu.swin.synergy.plugin.userdb.BReferentialIntegrity

public class BReferentialIntegrity

extends Object

This class handles all the maintenance of the integrity of the cross references between the users and groups

Author:

Tristan Austin

Constructor Summary

BReferentialIntegrity()

Method Summary

protected static void	doCrossReference(BPrivileged item, Hashtable itemDatabase) This will run through all of the members of the given privileged item, locate them in the appropriate database and make sure that they exist in each others member lists.
protected static void	resolveGroupNumbers(Hashtable groupDatabase, BUser user) This will take all the groups this user is a member of, as defined by the user itself, and translate the group names to group ids.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BReferentialIntegrity

public BReferentialIntegrity()

Method Detail

doCrossReference

protected static void doCrossReference(BPrivileged item,
                                       Hashtable itemDatabase)

This will run through all of the members of the given privileged item, locate them in the appropriate database and make sure that they exist in each others member lists.

Parameters:

item - The item to update the members of

itemDatabase - The database to look in to find the members Please complete the missing tags for doCrossReference

Returns:

Pre Condition:

Post Condition:

resolveGroupNumbers

protected static void resolveGroupNumbers(Hashtable groupDatabase,
                                          BUser user)

This will take all the groups this user is a member of, as defined by the user itself, and translate the group names to group ids. This new list is stored in the BUser object itself for use later on.

Parameters:

user - The user to resolve the groups for