java.security
Interface Principal

All Known Subinterfaces:

Group

All Known Implementing Classes:

Identity, IdentityScope, KerberosPrincipal, Signer, X500Principal

public interface Principal

This interface models an entity (such as a user or a certificate authority) for the purposes of applying the Java security model.

Since:

1.1

Status:

updated to 1.4

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) This method tests another Principal object for equality with this one.
String	getName() This method returns a String that names this Principal.
int	hashCode() This method returns a hash code value for this Principal.
String	toString() This method returns a String representation of this Principal.

Method Detail

equals

boolean equals(Object obj)

This method tests another Principal object for equality with this one.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the Object to test for equality

Returns:

true if the specified Principal is equal

toString

String toString()

This method returns a String representation of this Principal.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

this Principal represented as a String

hashCode

int hashCode()

This method returns a hash code value for this Principal. Remember the contract of hashCode - two objects which compare as equals() must have the same hashCode().

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash value

getName

String getName()

This method returns a String that names this Principal.

Returns:

the name of this Principal