Anthony Smith wrote:
> I have a user object that is set when a user logs in. There are also
> permissions that I get about the user from a web service. Currently I
> take the results from those web services and store them as XML in the
> user object so I can parse it when I need to look at them. I wanted to
> turn the xml permissions into ROle objects, but does that mean that my
> User class needs to make reference to the Role class?
>
Yes, the user will have zero or more roles, so it has to be able to
access the role class.
> User class example
>
> class User{
>
> protected $firstName;
> protected $lastName;
> protected $employeeNumber;
> protected $orgCode;
> protected $roles; //Could this be an object of my class Role?
> protected $scope;
> protected $type;
> protected $primaryAssignmentsXML = null;
> protected $securityRolesXML = null;
>
> .... getters ad setters
>
>
>
> getRole(roleName){
> //get the securityRolesXML and then parse it setting the Role
> Object
>
> $role = new Role();
> $role->setName();
> $role->setFunction();
>
>
> return $role;
> }
>
>
> Is this how I should be going about this?
>
Yes, it $roles could be an object of type Role. But also bear in mind a
user may have several roles - i.e. authorized user, power user, admin,
etc., each with its own permissions. You'll want to plan for this, also.
Of course, if you have a straight hierarchy (each higher role includes
all of the permissions of all the roles below it), then you could get by
with only one role. But that can be hard to change if you should have
to someday create a role which doesn't match that hierarchy.
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