Principal (Java Platform SE 6) (original) (raw)

java.security

Interface Principal

All Known Subinterfaces:

Group

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.

See Also:

X509Certificate

equals

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.

Overrides:

[equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Parameters:

another - principal to compare with.

Returns:

true if the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise.

See Also:

Object.hashCode(), Hashtable

toString

String toString()

Returns a string representation of this principal.

Overrides:

[toString](../../java/lang/Object.html#toString%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

a string representation of this principal.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this principal.

Overrides:

[hashCode](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

a hashcode for this principal.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object), Hashtable

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of this principal.

Returns:

the name of this principal.

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