new Role(name, acl)
Represents a Role on the AV server. Roles represent groupings of
Users for the purposes of granting permissions (e.g. specifying an ACL
for an Object). Roles are specified by their sets of child users and
child roles, all of which are granted any permissions that the parent
role has.
Roles must have a name (which cannot be changed after creation of the role), and must specify an ACL.
An AV.Role is a local representation of a role persisted to the AV cloud.Parameters:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
name |
String | The name of the Role to create. |
acl |
AV.ACL | The ACL for this role. |
Methods
getName() → {String}
Gets the name of the role. You can alternatively call role.get("name")
Returns:
the name of the role.
- Type
- String
getRoles() → {AV.Relation}
Gets the AV.Relation for the AV.Roles that are direct
children of this role. These roles' users are granted any privileges that
this role has been granted (e.g. read or write access through ACLs). You
can add or remove child roles from this role through this relation.
This is equivalent to calling role.relation("roles")
Returns:
the relation for the roles belonging to this
role.
- Type
- AV.Relation
getUsers() → {AV.Relation}
Gets the AV.Relation for the AV.Users that are direct
children of this role. These users are granted any privileges that this
role has been granted (e.g. read or write access through ACLs). You can
add or remove users from the role through this relation.
This is equivalent to calling role.relation("users")
Returns:
the relation for the users belonging to this
role.
- Type
- AV.Relation
setName(name)
Sets the name for a role. This value must be set before the role has
been saved to the server, and cannot be set once the role has been
saved.
A role's name can only contain alphanumeric characters, _, -, and spaces.
This is equivalent to calling role.set("name", name)
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
name |
String | The name of the role. |