ckan-metadata-publisher-widget/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/server/utils/Utils.java

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package org.gcube.portlets.widgets.ckandatapublisherwidget.server.utils;
import static org.gcube.common.authorization.client.Constants.authorizationService;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
import org.gcube.common.authorization.client.exceptions.ObjectNotFound;
import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.SecurityTokenProvider;
import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.UserInfo;
import org.gcube.common.homelibrary.home.exceptions.InternalErrorException;
import org.gcube.common.homelibrary.home.workspace.WorkspaceItem;
import org.gcube.common.homelibrary.home.workspace.folder.items.GCubeItem;
import org.gcube.common.portal.PortalContext;
import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.server.ApplicationProfileScopePerUrlReader;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.server.DataCatalogue;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.server.utils.SessionCatalogueAttributes;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.server.utils.UtilMethods;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.shared.RolesCkanGroupOrOrg;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.metadatadiscovery.DataCalogueMetadataFormatReader;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.metadatadiscovery.bean.MetadataType;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.metadatadiscovery.bean.jaxb.MetadataField;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.metadatadiscovery.bean.jaxb.MetadataFormat;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.metadatadiscovery.bean.jaxb.MetadataValidator;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.metadatadiscovery.bean.jaxb.MetadataVocabulary;
import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.ckandatapublisherwidget.server.CKANPublisherServicesImpl;
import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.ckandatapublisherwidget.shared.DataType;
import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.ckandatapublisherwidget.shared.MetaDataProfileBean;
import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.ckandatapublisherwidget.shared.MetaDataTypeWrapper;
import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.ckandatapublisherwidget.shared.MetadataFieldWrapper;
import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.ckandatapublisherwidget.shared.OrganizationBean;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.RoleManager;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.GroupRetrievalFault;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserManagementSystemException;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayGroupManager;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayRoleManager;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayUserManager;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeGroup;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeRole;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GatewayRolesNames;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.Log;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.LogFactoryUtil;
import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.internal.org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.internal.org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.internal.org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.internal.org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.internal.org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.internal.org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.internal.org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import eu.trentorise.opendata.jackan.model.CkanOrganization;
/**
* Util class with static methods
* @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
*/
public class Utils {
// Logger
//private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Utils.class);
private static final Log logger = LogFactoryUtil.getLog(Utils.class);
private static final String APPLICATION_ID_CATALOGUE_MANAGER = "org.gcube.datacatalogue.ProductCatalogue";
private static final String NOTIFICATION_MESSAGE = "Dear members,<br>The item 'PRODUCT_TITLE' has been just published by USER_FULLNAME.<br>You can find it here: PRODUCT_URL <br>";
private static final String SOCIAL_SERVICE_APPLICATION_TOKEN = "/2/tokens/generate-application-token";
private static final String SOCIAL_SERVICE_WRITE_APPLICATION_POST = "/2/posts/write-post-app";
private static final String MEDIATYPE_JSON = "application/json";
public static final String GCUBE_REQUEST_URL = "gcube-request-url";
/** Gets the gcube item properties.
*
* @param item the item
* @return the gcube item properties
*/
public static Map<String, String> getGcubeItemProperties(WorkspaceItem item) {
if(item instanceof GCubeItem){
GCubeItem gItem = (GCubeItem) item;
try {
if(gItem.getProperties()!=null){
Map<String, String> map = gItem.getProperties().getProperties();
HashMap<String, String> properties = new HashMap<String, String>(map.size()); //TO PREVENT GWT SERIALIZATION ERROR
for (String key : map.keySet())
properties.put(key, map.get(key));
return properties;
}
} catch (InternalErrorException e) {
logger.error("Error in server getItemProperties: ", e);
}
}
return null;
}
/**
* Retrieve the highest ckan role the user has and also retrieve the list of organizations (scopes) in which the user has the ckan-admin or ckan-editor role
* @param currentScope the current scope
* @param username the current username
* @param groupName the current groupName
* @param gcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl
* @param orgsInWhichAdminRole
* @param ckanUtils ckanUtils
*/
public static RolesCkanGroupOrOrg getHighestRole(String currentScope, String username, String groupName, CKANPublisherServicesImpl gcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl, List<OrganizationBean> orgsInWhichAtLeastEditorRole){
// base role as default value
RolesCkanGroupOrOrg toReturn = RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.MEMBER;
try{
UserManager userManager = new LiferayUserManager();
RoleManager roleManager = new LiferayRoleManager();
GroupManager groupManager = new LiferayGroupManager();
// user id
long userid = userManager.getUserId(username);
// retrieve current group id
long currentGroupId = groupManager.getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope(currentScope);
logger.debug("Group id is " + currentGroupId + " and scope is " + currentScope);
// retrieve the flat list of organizations for the current user
List<GCubeGroup> groups = groupManager.listGroupsByUser(userid);
// root (so check into the root, the VOs and the VRES)
if(groupManager.isRootVO(currentGroupId)){
logger.info("The current scope is the Root Vo, so the list of organizations of the user " + username + " is " + groups);
for (GCubeGroup gCubeGroup : groups) {
if(!groupManager.isVRE(gCubeGroup.getGroupId()))
continue;
// get the name of this group
String gCubeGroupName = gCubeGroup.getGroupName();
// get the role of the users in this group
List<GCubeRole> roles = roleManager.listRolesByUserAndGroup(userid, groupManager.getGroupId(gCubeGroupName));
// get highest role
RolesCkanGroupOrOrg correspondentRoleToCheck = getLiferayHighestRoleInOrg(roles);
// be sure it is so
checkIfRoleIsSetInCkanInstance(username, gCubeGroupName, gCubeGroup.getGroupId(),
correspondentRoleToCheck, groupManager, gcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl, orgsInWhichAtLeastEditorRole);
toReturn = RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.getHigher(toReturn, correspondentRoleToCheck);
}
}else if(groupManager.isVO(currentGroupId)){
logger.debug("The list of organizations of the user " + username + " to scan is the one under the VO " + groupName);
for (GCubeGroup gCubeGroup : groups) {
// if the gCubeGroup is not under the VO or it is not the VO continue
if(currentGroupId != gCubeGroup.getParentGroupId() || currentGroupId != gCubeGroup.getGroupId())
continue;
String gCubeGroupName = gCubeGroup.getGroupName();
List<GCubeRole> roles = roleManager.listRolesByUserAndGroup(userid, groupManager.getGroupId(gCubeGroupName));
// get highest role
RolesCkanGroupOrOrg correspondentRoleToCheck = getLiferayHighestRoleInOrg(roles);
// be sure it is so
checkIfRoleIsSetInCkanInstance(username, gCubeGroupName, gCubeGroup.getGroupId(),
correspondentRoleToCheck, groupManager, gcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl, orgsInWhichAtLeastEditorRole);
toReturn = RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.getHigher(toReturn, correspondentRoleToCheck);
}
}else if(groupManager.isVRE(currentGroupId)){
List<GCubeRole> roles = roleManager.listRolesByUserAndGroup(userManager.getUserId(username), groupManager.getGroupId(groupName));
logger.debug("The current scope is the vre " + groupName);
// get highest role
RolesCkanGroupOrOrg correspondentRoleToCheck = getLiferayHighestRoleInOrg(roles);
// be sure it is so
checkIfRoleIsSetInCkanInstance(username, groupName, currentGroupId,
correspondentRoleToCheck, groupManager, gcubeCkanDataCatalogServiceImpl, orgsInWhichAtLeastEditorRole);
toReturn = correspondentRoleToCheck;
}
}catch(Exception e){
logger.error("Unable to retrieve the role information for this user. Returning member role", e);
return RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.MEMBER;
}
// return the role
logger.debug("Returning role " + toReturn + " for user " + username);
return toReturn;
}
/**
* Check if the role admin is set or must be set into the ckan instance at this scope
* @param username
* @param gCubeGroupName
* @param groupId
* @param correspondentRoleToCheck
* @param toReturn
* @param groupManager
* @param ckanPublisherServicesImpl
* @throws UserManagementSystemException
* @throws GroupRetrievalFault
*/
private static void checkIfRoleIsSetInCkanInstance(String username,
String gCubeGroupName, long groupId,
RolesCkanGroupOrOrg correspondentRoleToCheck,
GroupManager groupManager, CKANPublisherServicesImpl ckanPublisherServicesImpl, List<OrganizationBean> orgs) throws UserManagementSystemException, GroupRetrievalFault {
// with this invocation, we check if the role is present in ckan and if it is not it will be added
DataCatalogue catalogue = ckanPublisherServicesImpl.getCatalogue(groupManager.getInfrastructureScope(groupId));
// if there is an instance of ckan in this scope..
if(catalogue != null){
boolean res = catalogue.checkRoleIntoOrganization(username, gCubeGroupName, correspondentRoleToCheck);
if(res && !correspondentRoleToCheck.equals(RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.MEMBER)){
// get the orgs of the user and retrieve its title and name
CkanOrganization organization = catalogue.getOrganizationByName(gCubeGroupName.toLowerCase());
orgs.add(new OrganizationBean(organization.getTitle(), organization.getName()));
}
}else
logger.warn("It seems there is no ckan instance into scope " + groupManager.getInfrastructureScope(groupId));
}
/**
* Retrieve the ckan roles among a list of liferay roles
* @param roles
* @return
*/
private static RolesCkanGroupOrOrg getLiferayHighestRoleInOrg(
List<GCubeRole> roles) {
// NOTE: it is supposed that there is just one role for this person correspondent to the one in the catalog
for (GCubeRole gCubeRole : roles) {
if(gCubeRole.getRoleName().equalsIgnoreCase(GatewayRolesNames.CATALOGUE_ADMIN.getRoleName())){
return RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.ADMIN;
}
if(gCubeRole.getRoleName().equalsIgnoreCase(GatewayRolesNames.CATALOGUE_EDITOR.getRoleName())){
return RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.EDITOR;
}
}
return RolesCkanGroupOrOrg.MEMBER;
}
/**
* Given a ckan organization name retrieve the infrastructure scope
* @param organizationName (prevre, devvre, ...)
* @return the scope of the infrastructure
*/
public static String retrieveScopeFromOrganizationName(String organizationName) throws Exception {
logger.debug("Organization name is " + organizationName);
GroupManager gm = new LiferayGroupManager();
List<GCubeGroup> groups = gm.listGroups();
for (GCubeGroup gCubeGroup : groups) {
if(gCubeGroup.getGroupName().equalsIgnoreCase(organizationName))
return gm.getInfrastructureScope(gCubeGroup.getGroupId());
}
return null;
}
/**
* Given the scope in the infrastructure the method retrieves the name of the ckan organization
* @return the ckan organization name for this scope
*/
public static String getOrganizationNameFromScope(String scope) throws Exception {
if(scope != null){
GroupManager gm = new LiferayGroupManager();
return gm.getGroup(gm.getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope(scope)).getGroupName().toLowerCase();
}
return null;
}
/**
* Retrieve the list of metadata beans
* @return
*/
public static List<MetaDataProfileBean> getMetadataProfilesList(String scope, HttpServletRequest request) {
List<MetaDataProfileBean> beans = new ArrayList<MetaDataProfileBean>();
String username = getCurrentUser(request).getUsername();
logger.debug("User in session is " + username);
// check the scope we need to discover
String scopeInWhichDiscover = (scope != null && !scope.isEmpty()) ? scope : getCurrentContext(request, false);
logger.debug("Discovering into scope " + scopeInWhichDiscover);
// scope in which we need to discover
String keyPerScope = UtilMethods.concatenateSessionKeyScope(SessionCatalogueAttributes.CKAN_PROFILES_KEY, scopeInWhichDiscover);
HttpSession httpSession = request.getSession();
if(httpSession.getAttribute(keyPerScope) != null){
beans = (List<MetaDataProfileBean>)httpSession.getAttribute(keyPerScope);
logger.info("List of profiles was into session");
}
else{
String oldScope = ScopeProvider.instance.get();
try {
// set the scope
if(oldScope != scopeInWhichDiscover)
ScopeProvider.instance.set(scopeInWhichDiscover);
DataCalogueMetadataFormatReader reader = new DataCalogueMetadataFormatReader();
for (MetadataType mt : reader.getListOfMetadataTypes()) {
MetadataFormat metadata = reader.getMetadataFormatForMetadataType(mt);
// we need to wrap the list of metadata
List<MetadataFieldWrapper> wrapperList = new ArrayList<MetadataFieldWrapper>();
List<MetadataField> toWrap = metadata.getMetadataFields();
for(MetadataField metadataField: toWrap){
MetadataFieldWrapper wrapperObj = new MetadataFieldWrapper();
wrapperObj.setDefaultValue(metadataField.getDefaultValue());
wrapperObj.setFieldName(metadataField.getFieldName());
wrapperObj.setType(DataType.valueOf(metadataField.getDataType().toString()));
wrapperObj.setMandatory(metadataField.getMandatory());
wrapperObj.setNote(metadataField.getNote());
MetadataValidator validator = metadataField.getValidator();
if(validator != null)
wrapperObj.setValidator(validator.getRegularExpression());
MetadataVocabulary vocabulary = metadataField.getVocabulary();
if(vocabulary != null){
wrapperObj.setVocabulary(vocabulary.getVocabularyFields());
wrapperObj.setMultiSelection(vocabulary.isMultiSelection());
}
// add to the list
wrapperList.add(wrapperObj);
}
// wrap the mt as well
MetaDataTypeWrapper typeWrapper = new MetaDataTypeWrapper();
typeWrapper.setDescription(mt.getDescription());
typeWrapper.setId(mt.getId());
typeWrapper.setName(mt.getName());
MetaDataProfileBean bean = new MetaDataProfileBean(typeWrapper, wrapperList);
beans.add(bean);
}
logger.debug("List of beans is " + beans);
httpSession.setAttribute(keyPerScope, beans);
logger.debug("List of profiles has been saved into session");
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.error("Error while retrieving metadata beans ", e);
}finally{
if(oldScope != scopeInWhichDiscover)
ScopeProvider.instance.set(oldScope);
}
}
return beans;
}
/**
* Send notification to vre members about the created product by writing a post.
* @param productName the title of the product
* @param productUrl the url of the product
* @param hashtags a list of product's hashtags
*/
public static void writeProductPost(String productName, String productUrl, String userFullname, List<String> hashtags, boolean enablePostNotification){
// discover service endpoint for the social networking library
String currentScope = ScopeProvider.instance.get();
String tokenUser = SecurityTokenProvider.instance.get();
logger.info("Current scope for writeProductPost is " + currentScope + " and token is " + tokenUser.substring(0, 10) + "***************");
String basePath = new GCoreEndPointReaderSocial(currentScope).getBasePath();
// add fallback
if(basePath == null || basePath.isEmpty())
new ServiceEndPointReaderSocial(currentScope).getBasePath();
if(basePath == null){
logger.error("Unable to write a post because there is no social networking service available");
}else{
// check base path form
basePath = basePath.endsWith("/") ? basePath : basePath + "/";
try(CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();){
// ask token application
HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost(basePath + SOCIAL_SERVICE_APPLICATION_TOKEN + "?gcube-token=" + tokenUser);
StringEntity input = new StringEntity("{\"app_id\":\"" + APPLICATION_ID_CATALOGUE_MANAGER + "\"}");
input.setContentType(MEDIATYPE_JSON);
postRequest.setEntity(input);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(postRequest);
logger.debug("Url is " + basePath + SOCIAL_SERVICE_APPLICATION_TOKEN + "?gcube-token=" + tokenUser);
if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 201) {
throw new RuntimeException("Failed to retrieve application token : HTTP error code : "
+ response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
}else{
Map<String, Object> mapResponseGeneratedToken = getResponseEntityAsJSON(response);
boolean successGeneratedToken = (boolean)mapResponseGeneratedToken.get("success");
if(!successGeneratedToken){
throw new RuntimeException("Failed to generate the token for the application!"
+ " Error message is " + mapResponseGeneratedToken.get("message"));
}else{
String applicationToken = (String)mapResponseGeneratedToken.get("result");
// replace
String message = NOTIFICATION_MESSAGE.replace("PRODUCT_TITLE", productName).replace("PRODUCT_URL", productUrl).replace("USER_FULLNAME", userFullname);
if(hashtags != null && !hashtags.isEmpty())
for (String hashtag : hashtags) {
String modifiedHashtag = hashtag.replaceAll(" ", "_").replace("_+", "_");
if(modifiedHashtag.endsWith("_"))
modifiedHashtag = modifiedHashtag.substring(0, modifiedHashtag.length() - 1);
message += " #" + modifiedHashtag; // ckan accepts tag with empty spaces, we don't
}
logger.info("The post that is going to be written is -> " + message);
postRequest = new HttpPost(basePath + SOCIAL_SERVICE_WRITE_APPLICATION_POST + "?gcube-token=" + applicationToken);
input = new StringEntity("{\"text\":\"" + message + "\", \"enable_notification\" : "+ enablePostNotification+ "}");
input.setContentType(MEDIATYPE_JSON);
postRequest.setEntity(input);
response = client.execute(postRequest);
Map<String, Object> mapResponseWritePost = getResponseEntityAsJSON(response);
if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 201)
throw new RuntimeException("Failed to write application post : HTTP error code : "
+ response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() + mapResponseWritePost.get("message"));
}
}
}catch(Exception e){
logger.error("Failed to create a post", e);
}
}
}
/**
* Convert the json response to a map
* @param response
* @return
*/
public static Map<String, Object> getResponseEntityAsJSON(HttpResponse response){
Map<String, Object> toReturn = null;
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null) {
try {
toReturn = new HashMap<String, Object>();
String jsonString = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
logger.debug("Response as string is " + jsonString);
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
toReturn = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, HashMap.class);
logger.debug("Map is " + toReturn);
}catch(Exception e){
logger.error("Failed to read json object", e);
}
}
return toReturn;
}
/**
* First check to retrieve the token, else create it
* @param username
* @param context
* @return the user token for the context
*/
public static String tryGetElseCreateToken(String username, String context) {
String token = null;
try{
try{
logger.debug("Checking if token for user " + username + " in context " + context + " already exists...");
token = authorizationService().resolveTokenByUserAndContext(username, context);
logger.debug("It exists!");
}catch(ObjectNotFound e){
logger.info("Creating token for user " + username + " and context " + context);
token = authorizationService().generateUserToken(new UserInfo(username, new ArrayList<String>()), context);
logger.debug("received token: "+ token.substring(0, 5) + "***********************");
}
}catch(Exception e){
logger.error("Failed both token retrieval and creation", e);
}
return token;
}
/**
* Get the scope in which ckan information needs to be discovered from the url
* @param httpServletRequest
* @return
*/
public static String getScopeFromClientUrl(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest){
if(httpServletRequest == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("HttpServletRequest is null!");
String scopeToReturn = null;
try{
String clientUrl = getCurrentClientUrl(httpServletRequest).split("\\?")[0];
logger.debug("Client url is " + clientUrl);
// check if this information is in session, otherwise set it and return
HttpSession session = httpServletRequest.getSession();
if((scopeToReturn = (String) session.getAttribute(clientUrl)) != null){
logger.debug("Scope to return is " + scopeToReturn);
}else{
// ask to the ckan library and set it
scopeToReturn = ApplicationProfileScopePerUrlReader.getScopePerUrl(clientUrl);
logger.debug("Scope to return is " + scopeToReturn);
session.setAttribute(clientUrl, scopeToReturn);
}
}catch(Exception e){
scopeToReturn = getCurrentContext(httpServletRequest, false);
logger.warn("Failed to determine the scope from the client url, returning the current one: " + scopeToReturn);
}
return scopeToReturn;
}
/**
* Needed to get the url of the client
* @param httpServletRequest the httpServletRequest object
* @return the instance of the user
* @see the url at client side
*/
public static String getCurrentClientUrl(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest) {
return httpServletRequest.getHeader(GCUBE_REQUEST_URL);
}
/**
* Retrieve the current user by using the portal manager
* @return a GcubeUser object
*/
public static GCubeUser getCurrentUser(HttpServletRequest request){
if(request == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("HttpServletRequest is null!");
PortalContext pContext = PortalContext.getConfiguration();
GCubeUser user = pContext.getCurrentUser(request);
logger.debug("Returning user " + user);
return user;
}
/**
* Retrieve the current scope by using the portal manager
* @param b
* @return a GcubeUser object
*/
public static String getCurrentContext(HttpServletRequest request, boolean setInThread){
if(request == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("HttpServletRequest is null!");
PortalContext pContext = PortalContext.getConfiguration();
String context = pContext.getCurrentScope(request);
logger.debug("Returning context " + context);
if(context != null && setInThread)
ScopeProvider.instance.set(context);
return context;
}
/**
* Retrieve the current token by using the portal manager
* @param b
* @return a GcubeUser object
*/
public static String getCurrentToken(HttpServletRequest request, boolean setInThread){
if(request == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("HttpServletRequest is null!");
PortalContext pContext = PortalContext.getConfiguration();
String token = pContext.getCurrentUserToken(getCurrentContext(request, false), getCurrentUser(request).getUsername());
logger.debug("Returning token " + token);
if(token != null && setInThread)
SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(token);
return token;
}
/**
* Retrieve the group given the scope
* @param scope
* @return
* @throws UserManagementSystemException
* @throws GroupRetrievalFault
*/
public static GCubeGroup getGroupFromScope(String scope) throws UserManagementSystemException, GroupRetrievalFault{
if(scope == null || scope.isEmpty())
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Scope is missing here!!");
GroupManager gm = new LiferayGroupManager();
long groupId = gm.getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope(scope);
return gm.getGroup(groupId);
}
}