public GenericPrincipal(Realm realm,
    String name,
    String password) 
{
        this(realm, name, password, null);
}

Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password.

Parameters:

realm - The Realm that owns this Principal

name - The username of the user represented by this Principal

password - Credentials used to authenticate this user

 public GenericPrincipal(Realm realm,
    String name,
    String password,
    List roles) 
{
        this(realm, name, password, roles, null);
}

Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password, with the specified role names (as Strings).

Parameters:

realm - The Realm that owns this principal

name - The username of the user represented by this Principal

password - Credentials used to authenticate this user

roles - List of roles (must be Strings) possessed by this user

 public GenericPrincipal(Realm realm,
    String name,
    String password,
    List roles,
    Principal userPrincipal) 
{
        super();
        this.realm = realm;
        this.name = name;
        this.password = password;
        this.userPrincipal = userPrincipal;
        if (roles != null) {
            this.roles = new String[roles.size()];
            this.roles = (String[]) roles.toArray(this.roles);
            if (this.roles.length  > 0)
                Arrays.sort(this.roles);
        }
}

Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password, with the specified role names (as Strings).

Parameters:

realm - The Realm that owns this principal

name - The username of the user represented by this Principal

password - Credentials used to authenticate this user

roles - List of roles (must be Strings) possessed by this user

userPrincipal - - the principal to be returned from the request getUserPrincipal call if not null; if null, this will be returned

 public String getName() 
{
       
        return (this.name);
}

 public String getPassword() 
{
       
        return (this.password);
}

 public Realm getRealm() 
{
       
        return (this.realm);
}

 public String[] getRoles() 
{
       
        return (this.roles);
}

 public Principal getUserPrincipal() 
{
       
        if (userPrincipal != null) {
            return userPrincipal;
        } else {
            return this;
        }
}

 public boolean hasRole(String role) 
{
        if("*".equals(role)) // Special 2.4 role meaning everyone
            return true;
        if (role == null)
            return (false);
        return (Arrays.binarySearch(roles, role)  >= 0);
}

Does the user represented by this Principal possess the specified role?

  void setRealm(Realm realm) 
{
        this.realm=realm;
}

 public String toString() 
{
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("GenericPrincipal[");
        sb.append(this.name);
        sb.append("(");
        for( int i=0;i< roles.length; i++ ) {
            sb.append( roles[i]).append(",");
        }
        sb.append(")]");
        return (sb.toString());
}

Return a String representation of this object, which exposes only information that should be public.