Principal (central-repository 4.0.0-RC API)

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.

See Also:

X509Certificate

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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
  - toString
```
String toString()
```
    Returns a string representation of this principal.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation of this principal.
  - 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)