Is findUser being preserved? I didn't see it in the list.. (unless
it's replaced by getUser?)
On 9/14/07, Ludovic Dubost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This looks good.. I'm wondering wether the API should be in
> XWikiGroupService or if we should add a new XWikiUserService api.
> Concerning retrieving inherited rights we could have this API
>
> Map getInheritedRight(String SpaceOrPage, List rights ("view", "edit",
> "comment", ..))
>
> It would return a Map of Lists { "view" : { "XWiki.XWikiAllGroup",
> "XWiki.XWikiGuest" }, "edit": {"XWiki.AdminGrgoup",
> "XWiki.LudovicDubost" } }
> If the list is empty at the parent level it will need to go at the upper
> parent level (until it hits the global level).
>
> Ludovic
>
> Evelyne24 a écrit :
> > Hello,
> >
> > In order to implement the Rights Management desired improvements, we
> > concluded that there is need to write an api to help retrieve:
> > - the local / global users
> > - the local / global groups
> > - the inherited rights for users / groups
> >
> > So after I spoke with Ludovic and Thomas, here is the list of things to be
> > implemented in this api:
> >
> > XWikiUser
> > ============
> > We have:
> > -> user (string)
> > -> main (boolean)
> > --> setUser, getUser
> > --> isMain, setMain
> > ----------------------------
> > We will need to do:
> > --> add methods:
> > * getAllActiveUsers [ will read xwiki settings to know what to return,
> > global or local active users; Thomas and I understood that 'active' user
> > means the user after being registered and confirmed the registration
> > through email maybe, following a link to activate or something like this ]
> > * getAllGlobalUsers
> > * getAllLocalUsers
> > * getAllUsers
> > * getMatchingActiveUsers(string MatchText, XWikiContext)
> > * a method to get details for a user, other than the ones returned by
> > getAllUsers (which will return something like Xwiki.LudovicDubost); we
> > might need firstname, lastname, pagename etc. maybe we can use a parameter
> > for the getAllUsers method, called 'withDetails'(boolean)
> >
> > XWikiGroupService (interface)
> > =============================
> > We have
> > --> listGroupsForUser
> > --> addUserToGroup
> > --> listMemberForGroup
> > --> listAllGroups
> > -------------------------
> > We will need to do:
> > --> add methods:
> > * getAllActiveGroups
> > * getAllGlobalGroups
> > * getAllLocalGroups [ this is currently done by 'listAllGroups' ]
> > * listMatchingActiveGroups(string MatchText, XWikiContext) [ this will
> > help me for the ajax-suggest feature; will return the groups with the name
> > matching a certain string ]
> >
> > XWikiRightService (interface)
> > ==============================
> > We have:
> > --> checkAccess
> > --> hasAccessLevel
> > --> hasProgrammingRights (2 methods)
> > --> hasAdminRights
> > --> listAllLevels
> > -------------------------------
> > We will need to do:
> > --> add methods:
> > * to find inherited rights
> > * and maybe other things, I'm not very sure yet
> >
> > I hope I understood right. Thomas will try to draw some schemes and I'll
> > clarify some of the questions that are left, then.
> >
> > Ps. I posted this mail yesterday but only today I found out that devs list
> > moved to xwiki.org. Sorry about the delay.
> >
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> >
>
>
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