Interface java.security.Principal
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Interface java.security.Principal
public interface Principal
This interface represents a principal. A principal can be an
individual, a corporation, a program thread; anything which can
have an identity. See the ACL
white paper for more information.
See Also:
Identity, Certificate, Acl, Group
equals(Object)
Compares this principal to the specified object.
getName()
Returns the name of this principal.
hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.
toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.
equals
public abstract boolean equals(Object another)
Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true
if the object passed in matches the principal represented by
the implementation of this interface.
Parameters:
another - the principal to compare with.
Returns:
true if
the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by
this principal, false otherwise.
Overrides:
equals in class Object
toString
public abstract String toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.
Returns:
a string representation of this principal.
Overrides:
toString in class Object
hashCode
public abstract int hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.
Returns:
a hashcode for this principal.
Overrides:
hashCode in class Object
getName
public abstract String getName()
Returns the name of this principal.
Returns:
the name of this principal.
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