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

[bdaw]

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/org/jboss/identity/idm/impl/api/OrganizationTest.java

One of the tests map small part of the structure of jboss.org projects so should let to understand API concepts better.



 

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