Role Management Methods

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For details on a specific method, including syntax and examples, click on the link to the method's reference page.

Name	Description
`db.createRole()`	Creates a role and specifies its privileges.
`db.dropRole()`	Deletes a user-defined role.
`db.dropAllRoles()`	Deletes all user-defined roles associated with a database.
`db.getRole()`	Returns information for the specified role.
`db.getRoles()`	Returns information for all the user-defined roles in a database.
`db.grantPrivilegesToRole()`	Assigns privileges to a user-defined role.
`db.revokePrivilegesFromRole()`	Removes the specified privileges from a user-defined role.
`db.grantRolesToRole()`	Specifies roles from which a user-defined role inherits privileges.
`db.revokeRolesFromRole()`	Removes inherited roles from a role.
`db.updateRole()`	Updates a user-defined role.

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