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: 19776 $

Author:

Dan Ellentuck

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getName

String getName(String key)
               throws Exception

Given the key, returns the entity's name.

Parameters:

key - java.lang.String

Throws:

Exception

getNames

Map getNames(String[] keys)
             throws Exception

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

Parameters:

keys - java.lang.String[]

Throws:

Exception

getType

Class getType()

Returns the entity type for this IEntityFinder.

Returns:

java.lang.Class