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Principal
public
interface
Principal
| java.security.Principal |
This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a corporation, and a login id.
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Summary
Public methods | |
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abstract
boolean
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equals(Object another)
Compares this principal to the specified object. |
abstract
String
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getName()
Returns the name of this principal. |
abstract
int
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hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal. |
default
boolean
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implies(Subject subject)
Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal. |
abstract
String
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toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal. |
Public methods
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 | |
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another |
Object: principal to compare with. |
| Returns | |
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boolean |
true if the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise. |
getName
public abstract String getName ()
Returns the name of this principal.
| Returns | |
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String |
the name of this principal. |
hashCode
public abstract int hashCode ()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.
| Returns | |
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int |
a hashcode for this principal. |
implies
public boolean implies (Subject subject)
Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal.
The default implementation of this method returns true if
subject is non-null and contains at least one principal that
is equal to this principal.
Subclasses may override this with a different implementation, if necessary.
| Parameters | |
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subject |
Subject: the Subject |
| Returns | |
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boolean |
true if subject is non-null and is
implied by this principal, or false otherwise. |