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019package org.apache.wiki.auth.authorize;
020
021import org.apache.wiki.WikiEngine;
022import org.apache.wiki.api.exceptions.NoRequiredPropertyException;
023import org.apache.wiki.auth.WikiSecurityException;
024
025import java.security.Principal;
026import java.util.Properties;
027
028/**
029 * Defines an interface for loading, persisting and storing wiki groups.
030 * @since 2.4.22
031 */
032public interface GroupDatabase {
033
034    /**
035     * Looks up and deletes a {@link Group} from the group database. If the
036     * group database does not contain the supplied Group. this method throws a
037     * {@link org.apache.wiki.auth.NoSuchPrincipalException}. The method commits the results
038     * of the delete to persistent storage.
039     * @param group the group to remove
040     * @throws WikiSecurityException if the database does not contain the
041     * supplied group (thrown as {@link org.apache.wiki.auth.NoSuchPrincipalException}) or if
042     * the commit did not succeed
043     */
044    void delete( Group group ) throws WikiSecurityException;
045
046    /**
047     * Initializes the group database based on values from a Properties object.
048     * @param engine the wiki engine
049     * @param props the properties used to initialize the group database
050     * @throws WikiSecurityException if the database could not be initialized successfully
051     * @throws NoRequiredPropertyException if a required property is not present
052     */
053    void initialize( WikiEngine engine, Properties props ) throws NoRequiredPropertyException, WikiSecurityException;
054
055    /**
056     * Saves a Group to the group database. Note that this method <em>must</em>
057     * fail, and throw an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>, if the
058     * proposed group is the same name as one of the built-in Roles: e.g.,
059     * Admin, Authenticated, etc. The database is responsible for setting
060     * create/modify timestamps, upon a successful save, to the Group.
061     * The method commits the results of the delete to persistent storage.
062     * @param group the Group to save
063     * @param modifier the user who saved the Group
064     * @throws WikiSecurityException if the Group could not be saved successfully
065     */
066    void save( Group group, Principal modifier ) throws WikiSecurityException;
067
068    /**
069     * Returns all wiki groups that are stored in the GroupDatabase as an array
070     * of Group objects. If the database does not contain any groups, this
071     * method will return a zero-length array. This method causes back-end
072     * storage to load the entire set of group; thus, it should be called
073     * infrequently (e.g., at initialization time). Note that this method should
074     * use the protected constructor {@link Group#Group(String, String)} rather
075     * than the various "parse" methods ({@link GroupManager#parseGroup(String, String, boolean)})
076     * to construct the group. This is so as not to flood GroupManager's event
077     * queue with spurious events.
078     * @return the wiki groups
079     * @throws WikiSecurityException if the groups cannot be returned by the back-end
080     */
081    Group[] groups() throws WikiSecurityException;
082
083}