Metacat

    /** Method to copy a accesssection object to a new one */

      //create a new AccessSection object

      AccessSection newAccessSection = new AccessSection();

      // set parameters

      MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("Copy Access Section Id: " +

                                this.getAccessSectionId(), 35);

      newAccessSection.setAccessSectionId(this.getAccessSectionId());

      MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("Copy permission order: " +

                                this.getPermissionOrder(), 35);

      newAccessSection.setPermissionOrder(this.getPermissionOrder());

      Vector accessRuleVector = this.getAccessRules();

      // go through access rule vector

      for (int i=0; i< accessRuleVector.size(); i++)

      {

        AccessRule access = (AccessRule)accessRuleVector.elementAt(i);

        newAccessSection.addAccessRule(access);

      }

      return newAccessSection;