public interface Principal
This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a corporation, and a login id.
X509Certificate
boolean equals(Object another)
Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true if the object passed in matches the principal represented by the implementation of this interface.
equals
in class Object
another
- principal to compare with.Object.hashCode()
, HashMap
String toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.
int hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.
hashCode
in class Object
Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
, System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
String getName()
Returns the name of this principal.
default boolean implies(Subject subject)
Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal.
The default implementation of this method returns true if subject
is non-null and contains at least one principal that is equal to this principal.
Subclasses may override this with a different implementation, if necessary.
subject
- the Subject
subject
is non-null and is implied by this principal, or false otherwise.
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