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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.group;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public interface GroupDatabase
+{
+    Set<String> getAllGroups();
+    Set<String> getUsersInGroup(String group);
+
+    void addUserToGroup(String user, String group);
+    void removeUserFromGroup(String user, String group);
+    Set<String> getGroupsForUser(String user);
+    void createGroup(String group);
+    void removeGroup(String group);
+}