Interface Principal
- All Known Subinterfaces:
GroupPrincipal
,UserPrincipal
- All Known Implementing Classes:
Identity
,IdentityScope
,JMXPrincipal
,KerberosPrincipal
,Signer
,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 thisPrincipal
to the specified object.getName()
Returns the name of thisPrincipal
.int
hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for thisPrincipal
.default boolean
Returnstrue
if the specified subject is implied by thisPrincipal
.toString()
Returns a string representation of thisPrincipal
.
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Method Details
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equals
Compares thisPrincipal
to the specified object. Returnstrue
if the object passed in matches thePrincipal
represented by the implementation of this interface. -
toString
-
hashCode
-
getName
-
implies
Returnstrue
if the specified subject is implied by thisPrincipal
.- Implementation Requirements:
- The default implementation of this method returns
true
ifsubject
is non-null and contains at least onePrincipal
that is equal to thisPrincipal
.Subclasses may override this with a different implementation, if necessary.
- Parameters:
subject
- theSubject
- Returns:
true
ifsubject
is non-null and is implied by thisPrincipal
, or false otherwise.- Since:
- 1.8
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