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RoleHierarchy
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Class Overview
The simple interface of a role hierarchy.
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Returns an array of all reachable authorities.
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Public Methods
public abstract Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getReachableGrantedAuthorities (Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> authorities)
Returns an array of all reachable authorities.
Reachable authorities are the directly assigned authorities plus all authorities that are (transitively) reachable from them in the role hierarchy.
Example:
Role hierarchy: ROLE_A > ROLE_B and ROLE_B > ROLE_C.
Directly assigned authority: ROLE_A.
Reachable authorities: ROLE_A, ROLE_B, ROLE_C.
Parameters
| authorities | - List of the directly assigned authorities. |
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Returns
- List of all reachable authorities given the assigned authorities.