How do I create a new role in code?

[Raphael Ritz]

Sean Fulmer wrote:

[..]

>     portal=getToolByName(self,'portal_url').getPortalObject()
>     roles=list(portal.__ac_roles__)
>     for role in ('CustomRole1','CustomRole2',):
>         if role not in roles:
>             roles.append(role)
>     portal.__ac_roles__=tuple(roles)
> 
> Don't really know if it will work for you, but I guess it's worth a shot :)
> 

Yup. Or somewhat shorter:

def addRole(self, out, role):
     if role not in self.__ac_roles__:
         self._addRole(role)
         out.write("Added the '%s' role to the portal.\n" % role)

That's at least how I did it here:
 
http://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/LockingWorkflow/trunk/Extensions/Install.py

Raphael

> -- 
> Sean