Role (SAP Library - Using Java)

Role

EP 5.0 has a basic role structure, with a unique name for every role. In EP 6.0, roles can be nested in folders and have a unique identifier. Most of the role API methods require the unique role ID as a handle or key to obtain the role information.

The getRoles() method of the IUser object gets a list of roles as iterator. The iterator contains the unique IDs of the roles associated with the user. In order to get the actual information about a specific role you have to use the role factory to get an instance of that role. The unique ID is passed to the getRole() method of the role factory.

Example:

response.write(" **** ROLE INFORMATION:");
 if (rit.hasNext()) {
 IRoleFactory rfact = UMFactory.getRoleFactory();
 while (rit.hasNext()) {
 String roleName = (String) rit.next();
 IRole role = null;
 try {
 role = rfact.getRole(roleName);
 response.write(" Role:" + roleName
 + " Display Name:" + role.getDisplayName()
 + " ID: " + role.getUniqueID()
 + " Uniquename: " + role.getUniqueName()
 + " Description: " + role.getDescription());
 } catch (UMException e) {
 response.write("error: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
 }
 }
 }