getChildAuthorities(paging, sortBy) this method returns the
child authorities (users and groups) of this group.
Parameters
- paging
- A ScriptPagingDetails object.
- sortBy
- The property by which to sort the results, for example displayName.
Returns
An array of Authority objects.
Example
var shortName = "MY_GROUP";
var group = groups.getGroup(shortName);
// now find child authorities
var paging = utils.createPaging(-1, 0);
var sortBy = "displayName";
model.childAuthorities = group.getChildAuthorities(paging, sortBy);
The following FreeMarker code could be used to display the results from the preceding JavaScript code snippet:
<#list childAuthorities as ca>
<p>fullName: ${ca.fullName}</p>
<p>displayName: ${ca.displayName}</p>
<p>shortName: ${ca.shortName}</p>
<p>authorityType: ${ca.authorityType}</p>
<hr/>
</#list>
The preceding code would display results such as the following:
fullName: abeecher displayName: abeecher shortName: abeecher authorityType: USER fullName: GROUP_ANOTHER_STARLIGHT_GROUP displayName: Another example group shortName: ANOTHER_STARLIGHT_GROUP authorityType: GROUP fullName: mjackson displayName: mjackson shortName: mjackson authorityType: USER fullName: GROUP_MY_SUB_GROUP displayName: MySubGroup shortName: MY_SUB_GROUP authorityType: GROUP fullName: GROUP_FINANCE displayName: Starlight Finance shortName: FINANCE authorityType: GROUP