Principal | API reference | Android Developers (original) (raw)
interface Principal
Known Direct Subclasses
| Group | This interface is used to represent a group of principals. |
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| Identity | This class represents identities: real-world objects such as people, companies or organizations whose identities can be authenticated using their public keys. |
| UserPrincipal | A Principal representing an identity used to determine access rights to objects in a file system. |
| X500Principal | This class represents an X. |
Known Indirect Subclasses
| GroupPrincipal | A UserPrincipal representing a group identity, used to determine access rights to objects in a file system. |
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| IdentityScope | This class represents a scope for identities. |
| Signer | This class is used to represent an Identity that can also digitally sign data. |
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.
Summary
| Public methods | |
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| abstract String! | getName() Returns the name of this principal. |
| open Boolean | implies(subject: Subject!) Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal. |
Public methods
getName
abstract fun getName(): String!
Returns the name of this principal.
| Return | |
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| String! | the name of this principal. |
implies
open fun implies(subject: Subject!): Boolean
Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal.
| Parameters | |
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| subject | Subject!: the Subject |
| Return | |
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| Boolean | true if subject is non-null and is implied by this principal, or false otherwise. |
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