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package org.apache.guacamole.net.auth;

import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;

/**
 * A user group of the Guacamole web application. Each user group may contain
 * any number of Guacamole users and other user groups, and defines the
 * permissions implicitly granted to its members.
 */
public interface UserGroup extends Identifiable, Attributes, Permissions {

    /**
     * Returns a set of all readable user groups of which this user group is a
     * member. If permission is granted for the current user to modify the
     * membership of this user group, then the returned set will be mutable,
     * and any such modifications should be made through changes to the
     * returned set.
     *
     * @return
     *     The set of all readable user groups of which this user group is a
     *     member.
     *
     * @throws GuacamoleException
     *     If an error occurs while retrieving the user groups.
     */
    RelatedObjectSet getUserGroups() throws GuacamoleException;

    /**
     * Returns a set of all readable users that are members of this user group.
     * If permission is granted for the current user to modify the members of
     * this group, then the returned set will be mutable, and any such
     * modifications should be made through changes to the returned set.
     *
     * @return
     *     The set all readable users that are members of this user group,
     *     which may be mutable.
     *
     * @throws GuacamoleException
     *     If an error occurs while retrieving the users.
     */
    RelatedObjectSet getMemberUsers() throws GuacamoleException;

    /**
     * Returns a set of all readable user groups that are members of this user
     * group. If permission is granted for the current user to modify the
     * members of this group, then the returned set will be mutable, and any
     * such modifications should be made through changes to the returned set.
     *
     * @return
     *     The set of all readable user groups that are members of this user
     *     group, which may be mutable.
     *
     * @throws GuacamoleException
     *     If an error occurs while retrieving the user groups.
     */
    RelatedObjectSet getMemberUserGroups() throws GuacamoleException;

}