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+<?php defined("SYSPATH") or die("No direct script access.");
+/**
+ * Gallery - a web based photo album viewer and editor
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Bharat Mediratta
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This is the API for handling groups.
+ *
+ * Note: by design, this class does not do any permission checking.
+ */
+class group_Core {
+  /**
+   * @see Identity_Driver::create.
+   */
+  static function create($name) {
+    return Identity::instance()->create_group($name);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see Identity_Driver::everbody.
+   */
+  static function everybody() {
+    return Identity::instance()->everybody();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see Identity_Driver::registered_users.
+   */
+  static function registered_users() {
+    return Identity::instance()->everybody();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Look up a group by id.
+   * @param integer      $id the user id
+   * @return Group_Definition  the group object, or null if the id was invalid.
+   */
+  static function lookup($id) {
+    return Identity::instance()->lookup_group_by_field("id", $id);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Look up a group by name.
+   * @param integer      $id the group name
+   * @return Group_Definition  the group object, or null if the name was invalid.
+   */
+  static function lookup_by_name($name) {
+    return Identity::instance()->lookup_group_by_field("name", $name);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see Identity_Driver::get_group_list.
+   */
+  static function get_group_list($filter=array()) {
+    return Identity::instance()->get_group_list($filter);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see Identity_Driver::get_edit_rules.
+   */
+  static function get_edit_rules() {
+    return Identity::instance()->get_edit_rules("group");
+  }
+}