java.security

Interface Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

X500Principal

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.

Author:

Li Gong

See Also:

X509Certificate

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object another) Compares this principal to the specified object.
int	hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this principal.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this principal.

Method Detail

equals

boolean equals(@Nullable
               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.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

another - principal to compare with.

Returns:

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

See Also:

Object.hashCode(), HashMap

hashCode

int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this principal.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hashcode for this principal.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)

toString

String toString()

Returns a string representation of this principal.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this principal.