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- /*
- * @(#)Principal.java 1.12 97/01/29
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Sun
- * Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You shall not
- * disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in
- * accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered into
- * with Sun.
- *
- * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE
- * SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
- * SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING
- * THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
- *
- * CopyrightVersion 1.1_beta
- *
- */
-
- package java.security;
-
- /**
- * This interface represents a principal. A principal can be an
- * individual, a corporation, a program thread; anything which can
- * have an identity. See the <a href="../guide/security/Acl.html">ACL
- * white paper</a> for more information.
- *
- * @see Identity
- * @see Certificate
- * @see java.security.acl.Acl
- * @see java.security.acl.Group
- *
- * @version 1.12, 97/11/25
- * @author Satish Dharmaraj
- */
- public interface Principal {
-
- /**
- * Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true
- * if the object passed in matches the principal represented by
- * the implementation of this interface.
- *
- * @param another the principal to compare with.
- *
- * @return true if
- * the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by
- * this principal, false otherwise.
- */
- public boolean equals(Object another);
-
- /**
- * Returns a string representation of this principal.
- *
- * @return a string representation of this principal.
- */
- public String toString();
-
- /**
- * Returns a hashcode for this principal.
- *
- * @return a hashcode for this principal.
- */
- public int hashCode();
-
- /**
- * Returns the name of this principal.
- *
- * @return the name of this principal.
- */
- public String getName();
- }
-