com.sptci.auth

Class AbstractPrincipal

java.lang.Object

com.sptci.auth.AbstractPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

Direct Known Subclasses:

RolePrincipal, UserPrincipal

public abstract class AbstractPrincipal
extends Object
implements Serializable, Principal

An abstract Principal implementation.

© Copyright 2007 Sans Pareil Technologies, Inc.

Version:

$Id: AbstractPrincipal.java 4553 2008-12-24 10:34:16Z rakesh $

Author:

Rakesh Vidyadharan 2007-09-24

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected String	name The name of this principal instance.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AbstractPrincipal(String name) Create a new instance with the specified name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object object) Compares this principal to the specified object.
String	getName() Return the name of this principal.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code for this instance.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

implies

Field Detail

name

protected final String name

The name of this principal instance.

Constructor Detail

AbstractPrincipal

protected AbstractPrincipal(String name)

Create a new instance with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - The name value to set.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true if the object passed in matches the principal represented by the implementation of this interface.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

object - The object that is to be compared.

Returns:

Return true if the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this instance.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The string representation. Returns name.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this instance.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

The hash code value for this instance.

getName

public String getName()

Return the name of this principal.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal