public String checkCyclicRoleReference(Role role, String refID) {
String result = null;
List<String> hierarchy = new ArrayList<String>();
hierarchy.add(role.getName());
Role owner = getRole(refID);
String refName = owner.getName(); // name of role attempting to add to
while (owner != null) {
hierarchy.add(owner.getName());
if (owner.equals(role)) {
result = constructCyclicAttributeErrorMessage(hierarchy, "role", refName);
break;
}
owner = owner.getOwnerRole();
}
return result;
}
public Map<String, String> getRoleIdentifiers() {
Map<String, String> idMap = new Hashtable<String, String>();
for (Role r : getRoles()) {
idMap.put(r.getID(), r.getName());
}
return idMap;
}
// @return a csv listing of the full name of each role
public String getRoleNames() {
StringBuilder csvList = new StringBuilder();
for (Role r : roleMap.values()) {
if (csvList.length() > 0) csvList.append(",");
csvList.append(r.getName());
}
return csvList.toString();
}
public Role getRoleByName(String roleName) {
for (Role r : roleMap.values()) {
if (r.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(roleName)) return r;
}
return null; // no match
}