g4ds.communitymanager.MemberManager

Package g4ds :: Module communitymanager :: Class MemberManager

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Class MemberManager

Managing information about members of communities

Connected to a database. All the data is loaded into the memory at startup time. Changes are written through directly.

Method Summary
	`__init__(self, loadFromDatabase)` Initialises the member manager.
	`__str__(self)` Some basic information about the object
	`addMember(self, member, persistent, storeCommunityRelations)` Adds a member instance to the dictionary.
`Member`	`getLocalMember(self)` Returns the member instance for the local node.
`Member`	`getMember(self, memberId)` Get the member with the given ID from the repository.
	`getMemberIds(self)` Provides a list with IDs of all members stored in the repository.
`Member`	`updateMember(self, member, updateCommunityRelations)` Updates the member information for the object in the member manager with the same member id.

Method Details

Initialises the member manager.

Some basic information about the object

Adds a member instance to the dictionary.

Parameters:: member - Member to be added
(type=Member); persistent - Indicates, whether the member shall be written through to the database
(type=Boolean); storeCommunityRelations - When persistent is true, shall the relations be saved in the db too?
(type=Boolean)

Returns the member instance for the local node.

Returns:: Member with the ID as provided in the config file
(type=Member)

Get the member with the given ID from the repository.

Provides a list with IDs of all members stored in the repository.

return: List of IDs of all known members. rtype: List of String

Updates the member information for the object in the member manager with the same member id.

If no member with the given id is in the manager, a new member will be created. All changes are written through to the database if connected.

Parameters:: member - Reference to the new or updated member instance
(type=Member)

Returns:: Reference to the member object stored in the manager
(type=Member)

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