SiteGroupHelper (sakai-site-manage-util 23.3 API)

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

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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)