org.jasig.portal.groups
Interface IEntityStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileSystemGroupStore, LDAPGroupStore, PersonAttributesGroupStore, RDBMEntityStore, SmartLdapEntityStore

public interface IEntityStore

An interface for retrieving IEntities.

Version:

1.0, 11/29/01

Author:

Dan Ellentuck

Method Summary

IEntity	newInstance(String key)
IEntity	newInstance(String key, Class type)

Method Detail

newInstance

IEntity newInstance(String key)
                    throws GroupsException

Parameters:

key - java.lang.String

Returns:

org.jasig.portal.groups.IEntity

Throws:

GroupsException

newInstance

IEntity newInstance(String key,
                    Class type)
                    throws GroupsException

Parameters:

key - java.lang.String - the entity's key

type - java.lang.Class - the entity's Type

Returns:

org.jasig.portal.groups.IEntity

Throws:

GroupsException