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`role.exists()`

Learn: Roles

Test if a user-defined role exists.

Signature

exists() => Boolean

Description

Tests if a UDF, represented as an Role document, exists.

Role documents are FQL versions of a database’s FSL role schema. See Roles.

Staged schema

If a database has staged schema, this method interacts with the database’s staged schema, not the active schema.

Parameters

None

Return value

Type Description

Type	Description
Boolean	If `true`, the `Role` document exists. If `false`, the `Role` document doesn’t exist.

Boolean

If true, the Role document exists. If false, the Role document doesn’t exist.

Examples

Role.byName("manager").exists()

true

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