ajanta.security.acl
Class PrincipalImpl

java.lang.Object
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  +--ajanta.security.acl.PrincipalImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.security.Principal, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

GroupImpl

public class PrincipalImpl

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.security.Principal, java.io.Serializable

PrincipalImpl implements java.acl.Principal interface his interface represents a principal. A principal can be an individual, a corporation, a program thread; anything which can have an identity.

See Also:

AjantaIdentity, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PrincipalImpl(ajanta.util.AjantaIdentity identity)
Constructs a Principal object from AjantaIdentity object

PrincipalImpl(java.lang.String identity)
Constructs a Principal object from String object

PrincipalImpl(ajanta.naming.URN identity)
Constructs a Principal object from URN object

Method Summary

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

PrincipalImpl

public PrincipalImpl(ajanta.util.AjantaIdentity identity)

Constructs a Principal object from AjantaIdentity object

Parameters:

identity - - In ajanta all the identity is derived from Ajanta Identity class

See Also:

AjantaIdentity

PrincipalImpl

public PrincipalImpl(java.lang.String identity)

Constructs a Principal object from String object

Parameters:

identity - - String name of this principal will be stored as AjantaIdentiry which is a URN

See Also:

AjantaIdentity

PrincipalImpl

public PrincipalImpl(ajanta.naming.URN identity)

Constructs a Principal object from URN object

Parameters:

identity - - String name of this principal will be stored as AjantaIdentiry which is a URN

See Also:

AjantaIdentity

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object another)

Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true if the object passed in matches Currently it does not compare Public Key

Specified by:

equals in interface java.security.Principal

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

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.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this principal.

Specified by:

toString in interface java.security.Principal

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of this principal.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this principal

Specified by:

hashCode in interface java.security.Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a hashcode for this principal.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this principal.

Specified by:

getName in interface java.security.Principal

Returns:

the name of this principal.