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java.security
Interface Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:: Identity

public interface Principal

This interface models an entity (such as a user or a certificate authority) for the purposes of applying the Java security model.

Since:: 1.1

Method Summary

boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
          This method tests another Principal object for equality with this one.

java.lang.String getName()
          This method returns a String that names this Principal.

int hashCode()
          This method returns a hash code value for this Principal.

java.lang.String toString()
          This method returns a String representation of this Principal.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

This method tests another Principal object for equality with this one.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

This method returns a String representation of this Principal.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

This method returns a hash code value for this Principal. Remember the contract of hashCode - two objects which compare as equals() must have the same hashCode().

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

This method returns a String that names this Principal.