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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 Also:
Identity, Certificate, Acl, Group

Method Index

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

Methods

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
toString
 public abstract String toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.

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

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

Returns:
the name of this principal.

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