<?php

/*

 * This file is part of the FOSUserBundle package.

 *

 * (c) FriendsOfSymfony <http://friendsofsymfony.github.com/>

 *

 * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE

 * file that was distributed with this source code.

 */

namespace FOS\UserBundle\Model;

/**

 * Abstract Group Manager implementation which can be used as base class for your

 * concrete manager.

 *

 * @author Christophe Coevoet <stof@notk.org>

 */

abstract class GroupManager implements GroupManagerInterface

{

    /**

     * Returns an empty group instance.

     *

     * @param string $name

     * @return GroupInterface

     */

    public function createGroup($name)

    {

        $class = $this->getClass();

        return new $class($name);

    }

    /**

     * Finds a group by name.

     *

     * @param string $name

     * @return GroupInterface

     */

    public function findGroupByName($name)

    {

        return $this->findGroupBy(array('name' => $name));

    }

}