- All Known Subinterfaces:
GroupPrincipal
,UserPrincipal
- All Known Implementing Classes:
HttpPrincipal
,Identity
,IdentityScope
,JMXPrincipal
,KerberosPrincipal
,LdapPrincipal
,NTDomainPrincipal
,NTSid
,NTSidDomainPrincipal
,NTSidGroupPrincipal
,NTSidPrimaryGroupPrincipal
,NTSidUserPrincipal
,NTUserPrincipal
,Signer
,UnixNumericGroupPrincipal
,UnixNumericUserPrincipal
,UnixPrincipal
,UserPrincipal
,X500Principal
public interface 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.
- Since:
- 1.1
- See Also:
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionboolean
Compares this principal to the specified object.getName()
Returns the name of this principal.int
hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.default boolean
Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal.toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.
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Method Details
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equals
Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true if the object passed in matches the principal represented by the implementation of this interface. -
toString
String toString()Returns a string representation of this principal. -
hashCode
int hashCode()Returns a hashcode for this principal. -
getName
String getName()Returns the name of this principal.- Returns:
- the name of this principal.
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implies
Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal.- Implementation Requirements:
- 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:
subject
- theSubject
- Returns:
- true if
subject
is non-null and is implied by this principal, or false otherwise. - Since:
- 1.8
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