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Interface java.security.Principal

public interface Principal
This interface represents a principal. A principal can be an individual, a corporation, a program thread; anything which can have an identity. See the ACL white paper for more information.

See Also:
Identity, Certificate, Acl, Group

Method Index

o equals(Object)
Compares this principal to the specified object.
o getName()
Returns the name of this principal.
o hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.
o toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.

Methods

o equals public abstract 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.

Parameters:
another - the principal to compare with.
Returns:
true if the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this principal, false otherwise.
Overrides:
equals in class Object
o toString public abstract String toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.

Returns:
a string representation of this principal.
Overrides:
toString in class Object
o hashCode public abstract int hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.

Returns:
a hashcode for this principal.
Overrides:
hashCode in class Object
o getName public abstract String getName()
Returns the name of this principal.

Returns:
the name of this principal.
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