org.jasig.portal.groups
Interface IEntityNameFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityGroupNameFinder, PersonDirNameFinder, ReferenceChannelNameFinder, ReferencePersonNameFinder

public interface IEntityNameFinder

Interface for finding the names of portal entities of a given type.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Dan Ellentuck

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName(java.lang.String key) Given the key, returns the entity's name.
java.util.Map	getNames(java.lang.String[] keys) Given an array of keys, returns the names of the entities.
java.lang.Class	getType() Returns the entity type for this IEntityFinder.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName(java.lang.String key)
                         throws java.lang.Exception

Given the key, returns the entity's name.

Parameters:

key - java.lang.String

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getNames

java.util.Map getNames(java.lang.String[] keys)
                       throws java.lang.Exception

Given an array of keys, returns the names of the entities.

Parameters:

keys - java.lang.String[]

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getType

java.lang.Class getType()

Returns the entity type for this IEntityFinder.

Returns:

java.lang.Class