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title: "Group interface"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/JMWE/461406552/Group%20interface"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)

This document details the methods of the` `[Group](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/embedded-crowd-api/latest/reference/com/atlassian/crowd/embedded/api/Group.html)` `interface you can use on a Group returned by the [Getters](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JMWE/Accessing+the+fields+of+an+issue) when you [access the custom Group type picker fields](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JMWE/pages/461406836/User+created+custom+fields#Usercreatedcustomfields-Groups).

| **Method** | **Return type** | **Returns** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [equals](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/embedded-crowd-api/latest/reference/com/atlassian/crowd/embedded/api/Group.html#equals(java.lang.Object))`(`[Object](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/Object.html)` o)` | `boolean` | `True` if and only if the group names in lowercase match. |
| [compareTo](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/embedded-crowd-api/latest/reference/com/atlassian/crowd/embedded/api/Group.html#compareTo(com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.Group))`(`[Group](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/embedded-crowd-api/latest/reference/com/atlassian/crowd/embedded/api/Group.html)` o)` | `Integer` | A negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the group is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified group. |
| [getName](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/IssueConstant.html#getName())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | <span style="color: #474747">Name of </span>Group |