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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 
    method equals(another=Object) returns boolean public abstract
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 
    method toString() returns String public abstract
Returns a string representation of this principal.

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

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

Returns:
the name of this principal. 
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