Grouper Developers Forum

[blair christensen <>]

On 2005.01.24 10:01, GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing wrote:
> As stems are logically distinct from groups we ought not to stop them 
> having the same name, but actual groups should have unique names.

Agreed.

> OK . May be raises the question as to whether there ought to be methods 
> that load by name if that is 'unsafe'?

Well, I wouldn't call it 'unsafe'.  However, the only reliable,
persistent and public handle for a group is the group id.  However,
being able to load a group by name is also useful, especially when one
has a name but not a stem, extension, or group id.  

Perhaps I just need to clarify the API docs for the group loading
methods?