=encoding utf8

=head1 NAME

User::Identity::Collection::Users - a collection of users

=head1 INHERITANCE

 User::Identity::Collection::Users
   is a User::Identity::Collection
   is a User::Identity::Item

=head1 SYNOPSIS

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The L<User::Identity::Collection::Users|User::Identity::Collection::Users> object maintains a set
L<User::Identity|User::Identity> objects, each describing a user.

Extends L<"DESCRIPTION" in User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection/"DESCRIPTION">.
 
=head1 OVERLOADED

Extends L<"OVERLOADED" in User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection/"OVERLOADED">.
 
=over 4

=item overload: B<@{}>

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"OVERLOADED">

=item overload: B<stringification >

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"OVERLOADED">

=back

=head1 METHODS

Extends L<"METHODS" in User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection/"METHODS">.
 
=head2 Constructors

Extends L<"Constructors" in User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection/"Constructors">.
 
=over 4

=item User::Identity::Collection::Users-E<gt>B<new>( [$name], %options )

 -Option     --Defined in                --Default
  description  User::Identity::Item        undef
  item_type    User::Identity::Collection  User::Identity
  name         User::Identity::Item        'people'
  parent       User::Identity::Item        undef
  roles        User::Identity::Collection  undef

=over 2

=item description => STRING

=item item_type => CLASS

=item name => STRING

=item parent => OBJECT

=item roles => ROLE|ARRAY

=back

=back

=head2 Attributes

Extends L<"Attributes" in User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection/"Attributes">.
 
=over 4

=item $obj-E<gt>B<description>()

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Attributes">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<itemType>()

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"Attributes">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<name>( [$newname] )

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Attributes">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<roles>()

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"Attributes">

=back

=head2 Collections

Extends L<"Collections" in User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection/"Collections">.
 
=over 4

=item $obj-E<gt>B<add>($collection, $role)

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Collections">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<addCollection>( $object | <[$type], %options> )

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Collections">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<collection>($name)

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Collections">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<parent>( [$parent] )

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Collections">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<removeCollection>($object|$name)

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Collections">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<type>()

=item User::Identity::Collection::Users-E<gt>B<type>()

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Collections">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<user>()

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Item/"Collections">

=back

=head2 Maintaining roles

Extends L<"Maintaining roles" in User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection/"Maintaining roles">.
 
=over 4

=item $obj-E<gt>B<addRole>($role| <[$name],%options> | ARRAY)

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"Maintaining roles">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<removeRole>($role|$name)

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"Maintaining roles">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<renameRole>( <$role|$oldname>, $newname )

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"Maintaining roles">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<sorted>()

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"Maintaining roles">

=back

=head2 Searching

Extends L<"Searching" in User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection/"Searching">.
 
=over 4

=item $obj-E<gt>B<find>($name|CODE|undef)

Inherited, see L<User::Identity::Collection/"Searching">

=back

=head1 DIAGNOSTICS

=over 4

=item Error: $object is not a collection.

The first argument is an object, but not of a class which extends
L<User::Identity::Collection|User::Identity::Collection>.

=item Error: Cannot create a $type to add this to my collection.

Some options are specified to create a $type object, which is native to
this collection.  However, for some reason this failed.

=item Error: Cannot load collection module for $type ($class).

Either the specified $type does not exist, or that module named $class returns
compilation errors.  If the type as specified in the warning is not
the name of a package, you specified a nickname which was not defined.
Maybe you forgot the 'require' the package which defines the nickname.

=item Error: Cannot rename $name into $newname: already exists

=item Error: Cannot rename $name into $newname: doesn't exist

=item Error: Creation of a collection via $class failed.

The $class did compile, but it was not possible to create an object
of that class using the options you specified.

=item Error: Don't know what type of collection you want to add.

If you add a collection, it must either by a collection object or a
list of options which can be used to create a collection object.  In
the latter case, the type of collection must be specified.

=item Warning: No collection $name

The collection with $name does not exist and can not be created.

=item Error: Wrong type of role for $collection: requires a $expect but got a $type

Each $collection groups sets of roles of one specific type ($expect).  You
cannot add objects of a different $type.

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

This module is part of User-Identity distribution version 1.02,
built on April 17, 2023. Website: F<http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/>

=head1 LICENSE

Copyrights 2003-2023 by [Mark Overmeer <markov@cpan.org>]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See F<http://dev.perl.org/licenses/>