java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/GroupBackend.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server.account;

import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
import com.google.gerrit.entities.GroupDescription;
import com.google.gerrit.entities.GroupReference;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.ExtensionPoint;
import com.google.gerrit.server.CurrentUser;
import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectState;
import java.util.Collection;

/** Implementations of GroupBackend provide lookup and membership accessors to a group system. */
@ExtensionPoint
public interface GroupBackend {
  /** Returns {@code true} if the backend can operate on the UUID. */
  boolean handles(AccountGroup.UUID uuid);

  /**
   * Looks up a group in the backend. If the group does not exist, null is returned.
   *
   * @param uuid the group identifier
   * @return the group
   */
  @Nullable
  GroupDescription.Basic get(AccountGroup.UUID uuid);

  /** Returns suggestions for the group name sorted by name. */
  Collection<GroupReference> suggest(String name, @Nullable ProjectState project);

  /** Returns the group membership checker for the backend. */
  GroupMembership membershipsOf(CurrentUser user);

  /** Returns {@code true} if the group with the given UUID is visible to all registered users. */
  boolean isVisibleToAll(AccountGroup.UUID uuid);
}