NAME

Solstice::AuthZManager - For modifying the roles available within the Solstice framework.

SYNOPSIS

  use Solstice::AuthZManager;

  my $authz_manager = Solstice::AuthZManager->new($auth_id);
  $authz_manager->addRole($group, $role);
  $authz_manager->removeRole($group, $role);
  $authz_manager->removeGroup($group);
  my $groups = $authz_manager->getGroups();
  my $bool = $authz_manager->groupHasRole($group, $role);
  $authz_manager->store();

DESCRIPTION

An interface for managing the connections betweens groups and roles.

Methods

new(): Constructor.
addRole($group, $role): Connects a group and a role together.
removeRole($group, $role): Removes the association between a group and a role.
groupHasRole($group, $role): Returns true is the group and role are linked.
groupsWithRole($role): Returns an array ref of all groups with the given role.
removeGroup($group): Removes a group, and all of it's links to roles.
getGroups(): Returns an array ref of all of the groups that have (or potentially have) roles. To remove a group from this list, you must call removeGroup, rather than just removing all Roles from the group.
hasGroup($group): Returns TRUE if $group exists, FALSE otherwise
store(): Saves the current role/group relationships.
getObjectAuthIds(@group_ids): Returns a reference to an array of object auth IDs which have permissions involving the passed array of group IDs.

Private Methods

_addGroup($group): Adds the group to the groups we are tracking.
_init($authz): Fills out the data for this authz manager.

Modules Used

Solstice::AuthZ::Role, Solstice::Group, Model.

AUTHOR

Catalyst Group, <catalyst@u.washington.edu>

VERSION

$Revision: 3395 $

COPYRIGHT

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