org.ow2.jonas.lib.security.auth
Class JPrincipal

java.lang.Object
  org.ow2.jonas.lib.security.auth.JPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

Direct Known Subclasses:

JRole

public class JPrincipal
extends Object
implements Principal, Serializable

Define a JOnAS principal

Author:

Florent Benoit

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

JPrincipal(String name)
Constructor

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JPrincipal

public JPrincipal(String name)

Constructor

Parameters:

name - the name of this principal

Method Detail

equals

public 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.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

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()

Returns a string representation of this principal.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this principal.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this principal.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hashcode for this principal.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this principal.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

the name of this principal.