AuthorityGroupService (cockpitng 20.05.0-RC3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuthorityGroupService, EmptyAuthorityGroupService
```
public interface AuthorityGroupService
```
Provides functionality for retrieving and activating authority groups.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AuthorityGroup`	`getActiveAuthorityGroupForUser(java.lang.String userId)`	Returns the active authority group for a specific user.
`java.util.List<AuthorityGroup>`	`getAllAuthorityGroups()`	Returns a list of all available authority groups.
`java.util.List<AuthorityGroup>`	`getAllAuthorityGroupsForUser(java.lang.String userId)`	Returns a list of all authority groups for the user with the specified ID.
`AuthorityGroup`	`getAuthorityGroup(java.lang.String code)`	Returns the authority group with the specified code.
`void`	`setActiveAuthorityGroupForUser(AuthorityGroup authorityGroup)`	Marks the provided authority group as the active one.

- Method Detail
  - getActiveAuthorityGroupForUser
```
AuthorityGroup getActiveAuthorityGroupForUser(java.lang.String userId)
```
    Returns the active authority group for a specific user.
    
    Parameters:
    
    userId - user ID
    
    Returns:
    
    the active authority group for the specified user
  - getAllAuthorityGroupsForUser
```
java.util.List<AuthorityGroup> getAllAuthorityGroupsForUser(java.lang.String userId)
```
    Returns a list of all authority groups for the user with the specified ID.
    
    Parameters:
    
    userId - user ID
    
    Returns:
    
    list of all the authority groups for the specified user
  - getAllAuthorityGroups
```
java.util.List<AuthorityGroup> getAllAuthorityGroups()
```
    Returns a list of all available authority groups.
    
    Returns:
    
    list of all authority groups in the system
  - setActiveAuthorityGroupForUser
```
void setActiveAuthorityGroupForUser(AuthorityGroup authorityGroup)
```
    Marks the provided authority group as the active one.
    
    Parameters:
    
    authorityGroup - the authority group to be marked as being active
  - getAuthorityGroup
```
AuthorityGroup getAuthorityGroup(java.lang.String code)
```
    Returns the authority group with the specified code.
    
    Parameters:
    
    code - the code of the authority group to be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    the authority group with code code