PrincipalBuilderSpi

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cryptix.pki
Class PrincipalBuilderSpi

java.lang.Object
  cryptix.pki.PrincipalBuilderSpi

Service provider interface for PrincipalBuilder

Constructor Summary

PrincipalBuilderSpi()

Method Summary

abstract java.security.Principal engineBuild(java.lang.Object contents)
Returns a new principal based on the given contents.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

public PrincipalBuilderSpi()

Method Detail

public abstract java.security.Principal engineBuild(java.lang.Object contents)
                                             throws PrincipalException

Returns a new principal based on the given contents.

The parameter will probably be a String most of the times, however other things like an Image (for a photo) are also possible.