--
:api: get-roles
:request: GetRolesRequest
:response: GetRolesResponse
--

[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Get Roles API

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Get Roles Request

Retrieving a role can be performed using the `security().getRoles()`
method and by setting the role name on +{request}+:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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Retrieving multiple roles can be performed using the `security().getRoles()`
method and by setting multiple role names on +{request}+:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-list-request]
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Retrieving all roles can be performed using the `security().getRoles()`
method without specifying any role names on +{request}+:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-all-request]
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include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Get Roles Response

The returned +{response}+ allows getting information about the retrieved roles as follows.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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