[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of JBoss Identity] - Re: List of Users

I think the main confusion is a bit about naming: IdentityType - parent interface for Identity and Group Identity aka user Group aka group... This is covered in the "API" part of the design doc: http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-13261 The decision to use the name "Identity" and not simply "User" was mainly because "Identity" in some authentication/authorization scenarios can be also machines... Now I'm a bit afraid that it will confuse people. So for the methods: | identitySession.getPersistenceManager() | .findIdentity(null); | will return all Identity objects (so all users if you prefer such naming) | identitySession.getPersistenceManager(). | findGroup(groupType, null) all Group objects for a given group type. Then controls only let to narrow or order/sort results. With RelationshipManager you can get all Group objects associated with a given Identity regardless of the GroupType. To follow some "real life" scenario with the API look at this API test case: http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbossidentity/idm/trunk/idm/src/test/java/... One of the tests map small part of the structure of jboss.org projects so should let to understand API concepts better. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4205974#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...