org.sakaiproject.site.util

Class SiteGroupHelper

java.lang.Object

org.sakaiproject.site.util.SiteGroupHelper

public class SiteGroupHelper
extends Object

Helper for managing groups in a site, this is used to pack role IDs into the SiteConstants.GROUP_PROP_ROLE_PROVIDERID property on a group. This is different from when the provider IDs are packed into a provider ID.

Author:

Matthew Buckett

See Also:

SiteConstants.GROUP_PROP_ROLE_PROVIDERID

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	pack(Collection<String> ids) This packs IDs into a string.
static Collection<String>	unpack(String ids) This unpacks IDs from a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

unpack

public static Collection<String> unpack(String ids)

This unpacks IDs from a string. It supports empty IDs but not null.

Parameters:

ids - The packed IDs in a string, can be null.

Returns:

A collection of IDs unpacked from the string.

See Also:

pack(java.util.Collection)

pack

public static String pack(Collection<String> ids)

This packs IDs into a string. It supports empty IDs but not null.

Parameters:

ids - A Collection of IDs to be packed together.

Returns:

The packed string containing all the IDs or null if the original collection was null.

See Also:

unpack(String)