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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Rafael Steil
 * All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, 
 * with or without modification, are permitted provided 
 * that the following conditions are met:
 * 
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 * This file creation date: 19/03/2004 - 18:56:49
 * The JForum Project
 * http://www.jforum.net
 */
package net.jforum.security;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * @author Rafael Steil
 * @version $Id: UserSecurityHelper.java,v 1.6 2005/01/02 19:58:00 rafaelsteil Exp $
 */
public class UserSecurityHelper 
{
	public static void mergeUserGroupRoles(RoleCollection userRoles, List groupsRolesList)
	{
		Map newRolesMap = new HashMap();
		
		// First, iterate over all group roles and merge them with user roles
		for (Iterator iter = groupsRolesList.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
			RoleCollection rc = (RoleCollection)iter.next();
			
			for (Iterator rcIter = rc.values().iterator(); rcIter.hasNext(); ) {
				final Role role = (Role)rcIter.next();
				Role userRole = userRoles.get(role.getName());
				
				if (userRole == null) {
					if (newRolesMap.containsKey(role.getName())) {
						((List)newRolesMap.get(role.getName())).add(role);
					}
					else {
						newRolesMap.put(role.getName(), new ArrayList() {{ add(role); }});
					}
				}
				else {
					// Merge the little bastards
					for (Iterator vIter = role.getValues().iterator(); vIter.hasNext(); ) {
						RoleValue gRv = (RoleValue)vIter.next();
						RoleValue uRv = userRole.getValues().get(gRv.getValue()); 
						
						// We only check for nulls because the user role always
						// has preference over the group role. 
						if (uRv == null) {
							userRole.getValues().add(gRv);
						} 
					}
				}
			}
		}
		
		for (Iterator iter = newRolesMap.entrySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
			Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry)iter.next();

			Role newRole = new Role();
			newRole.setName((String)entry.getKey());
			newRole.setType(PermissionControl.ROLE_DENY);
			
			List roles = (List)entry.getValue();
			for (Iterator rolesIter = roles.iterator(); rolesIter.hasNext(); ) {
				Role role = (Role)rolesIter.next();
				newRole.setId(role.getId());
				
				// Check if it's a single permission ( eg, no children values )
				// We're assuming here that if the call to getValue() of the current 
				// role object returns 0, all other related roles will also return 0
				if (role.getValues().size() == 0) {
					if (role.getType() == PermissionControl.ROLE_ALLOW) {
						newRole.setType(PermissionControl.ROLE_ALLOW);
						break;
					}
				}
				else {
					// Ok, we have some children ( like forums or categories ids )
					// Iterate for all values of the current role, checking the 
					// access rights of each one
					for (Iterator valuesIter = role.getValues().iterator(); valuesIter.hasNext(); ) {
						RoleValue rv = (RoleValue)valuesIter.next();
						RoleValue currentValue = newRole.getValues().get(rv.getValue());
						
						if (currentValue == null) {
							newRole.getValues().add(rv);
						}
						else {
							// We already have some value with this name in the collection
							// Time to check for its rights
							if (rv.getType() != currentValue.getType() 
								&& rv.getType() == PermissionControl.ROLE_ALLOW) {
								newRole.getValues().remove(currentValue);
								currentValue.setType(PermissionControl.ROLE_ALLOW);
								newRole.getValues().add(currentValue);
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
			
			userRoles.add(newRole);
		}
	}
}
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