Enum AuthorityType

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Comparable<AuthorityType>

    @AlfrescoPublicApi
    public enum AuthorityType
    extends Enum<AuthorityType>
    The types of authority that are available.

    Available types are:
    1. USER - an authority that identifies a user
    2. GROUP - an authority that identifies a group
    3. OWNER - the special authority that applies to the owner of a node
    4. EVERYONE - the special authority that is interpreted as everyone
    5. GUEST - the special authority that applies to a GUEST (An unknown, unauthenticated user)
    6. WILDCARD - the set of all authorities (including the guest user)
    Author:
    Andy Hind
    • Method Detail

      • values

        public static AuthorityType[] values()
        Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
        for (AuthorityType c : AuthorityType.values())
            System.out.println(c);
        
        Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
      • valueOf

        public static AuthorityType valueOf​(String name)
        Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
        Returns:
        the enum constant with the specified name
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
        NullPointerException - if the argument is null
      • isFixedString

        public abstract boolean isFixedString()
      • getFixedString

        public abstract String getFixedString()
      • isPrefixed

        public abstract boolean isPrefixed()
      • getPrefixString

        public abstract String getPrefixString()
      • getOrderPosition

        public abstract int getOrderPosition()
      • equals

        public boolean equals​(String authority)