org.jasig.portal.groups
Class ReferencePersonNameFinder

java.lang.Object
  org.jasig.portal.groups.ReferencePersonNameFinder

All Implemented Interfaces:

IEntityNameFinder

public class ReferencePersonNameFinder
extends Object
implements IEntityNameFinder

Reference implementation of IEntityNameFinder for IPersons.

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.
static IEntityNameFinder	singleton()
String	toString() Returns a String that represents the value of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getName

public String getName(String key)
               throws Exception

Given the key, returns the entity's name.

Specified by:

getName in interface IEntityNameFinder

Parameters:

key - java.lang.String

Throws:

Exception

getNames

public Map getNames(String[] keys)
             throws Exception

Given an array of keys, returns the names of the entities. If a key is not found, its name will be null.

Specified by:

getNames in interface IEntityNameFinder

Parameters:

keys - java.lang.String[]

Throws:

Exception

getType

public Class getType()

Returns the entity type for this IEntityFinder.

Specified by:

getType in interface IEntityNameFinder

Returns:

java.lang.Class

singleton

public static IEntityNameFinder singleton()
                                   throws SQLException

Returns:

IEntityNameFinder

Throws:

SQLException

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String that represents the value of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of the receiver