java.security
Interface Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

Identity

public interface Principal

Untamed: 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.

Version:

1.20, 01/12/03

Author:

Li Gong

See Also:

java.security.cert.X509Certificate

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object another) Suppressed: Compares this principal to the specified object.
String	getName() Enabled: Returns the name of this principal.
int	hashCode() Suppressed: Returns a hashcode for this principal.
String	toString() Suppressed: Returns a string representation of this principal.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object another)

Suppressed: 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 in class Object

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.

toString

public String toString()

Suppressed: Returns a string representation of this principal.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this principal.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Suppressed: Returns a hashcode for this principal.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hashcode for this principal.

getName

public String getName()

Enabled: Returns the name of this principal.

Returns:

the name of this principal.