| java.security.Principal
All known Subclasses: sun.security.x509.X500Name,
| Principal | | public interface Principal (Code) | | 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: java.security.cert.X509Certificate
version:
1.19, 00/02/02
author:
Li Gong |
| Method Summary | |
| public boolean | equals(Object another)
Compares this principal to the specified object. | | public String | getName()
Returns the name of this principal. | | public int | hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal. | | public String | toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal. |
| equals | | public boolean equals(Object another)(Code) | | 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 - principal to compare with. true if the principal passed in is the same as thatencapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise. |
| getName | | public String getName()(Code) | | Returns the name of this principal.
the name of this principal. |
| hashCode | | public int hashCode()(Code) | | Returns a hashcode for this principal.
a hashcode for this principal. |
| toString | | public String toString()(Code) | | Returns a string representation of this principal.
a string representation of this principal. |
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