Tested on trunk using webservices to test the authz methods, and full regression test on Section Info using an expanded version of the test plan on Confluence.

Pls merge to 2-5-x.

Merged to trunk: 45953 (authz) and 45956 (sections)

This is implemented in the branches for authz and sections, except for 2 methods which need implementing in the standalone Hibernate implementation (see r45848).

Added 2 methods:

/**

• Get the set of user ids per group of users who are allowed to perform the function in the named AuthzGroups.
  *
  * @param function
  * The function to check.
  * @param azGroups
  * A collection of the ids of AuthzGroups to consult.
  * @return A Set of String arrays (userid, realm) with user ids per group who are allowed to perform the function in the named AuthzGroups.
  */
  Set getUsersIsAllowedByGroup(String function, Collection azGroups);

/**

• Get the number of users per group who are allowed to perform the function in the given AuthzGroups.
  *
  * @param function
  * The function to check.
  * @param azGroups
  * A collection of the ids of AuthzGroups to consult.
  * @return A Map (authzgroupid (String) -> user count (Integer) ) of the number of users who are allowed to perform the function in the given AuthzGroups.
  */
  Map getUserCountIsAllowed(String function, Collection azGroups);