Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Chris Hyzer <>]

> But it also reminded me to ask this naive question: what is
> the distinction between a subject and a member? 
> 
> Is it only that a member is a subject with a membership in at
> least one group known to Grouper, while a subject can "live"
> outside of Grouper without being a member of any group?

A member is brought into the Grouper tables for some reason, that might be 
because it has a membership, or it edited something and is the lastUpdater, 
or has an attribute on it or whatever.  A subject is an external subject.  
Subjects don't have to be members, and a member which is not a subject 
anymore is called "unresolvable".  To make a subject a member, just call the 
Member MemberFinder.findBySubject(GrouperSession s, Subject subj, boolean 
createIfNotExist) method, or add subject to group, or whatever else...

Thanks,
Chris