Class Overview
A principal identified by a distinguished name as specified by
RFC 2253.
After successful authentication, a user Principal
can be associated with a particular Subject
to augment that Subject
with an additional identity.
Authorization decisions can then be based upon the
Principal
s that are associated with a Subject
.
This class is immutable.
Summary
Public Methods |
boolean
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equals(Object object)
Compares this principal to the specified object.
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String
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getName()
Returns the name originally used to create this principal.
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int
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hashCode()
Computes the hash code for this principal.
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String
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toString()
Creates a string representation of this principal's name in the format
defined by RFC 2253.
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Inherited Methods |
From class
java.lang.Object
Object
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clone()
Creates and returns a copy of this object.
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boolean
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equals(Object obj)
Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
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void
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finalize()
Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection
determines that there are no more references to the object.
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final
Class<?>
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getClass()
Returns the runtime class of this Object .
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int
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hashCode()
Returns a hash code value for the object.
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final
void
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notify()
Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's
monitor.
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final
void
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notifyAll()
Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
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String
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toString()
Returns a string representation of the object.
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final
void
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wait()
Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the
notify() method or the
notifyAll() method for this object.
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final
void
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wait(long timeout, int nanos)
Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the
notify() method or the
notifyAll() method for this object, or
some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain
amount of real time has elapsed.
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final
void
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wait(long timeout)
Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the
notify() method or the
notifyAll() method for this object, or a
specified amount of time has elapsed.
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From interface
java.security.Principal
abstract
boolean
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equals(Object another)
Compares this principal to the specified object.
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abstract
String
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getName()
Returns the name of this principal.
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abstract
int
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hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.
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abstract
String
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toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.
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Public Constructors
public
LdapPrincipal
(String name)
Creates an LDAP principal.
Parameters
name
| The principal's string distinguished name. |
Public Methods
public
boolean
equals
(Object object)
Compares this principal to the specified object.
Parameters
object
| The object to compare this principal against. |
Returns
- true if they are equal; false otherwise.
public
String
getName
()
Returns the name originally used to create this principal.
Returns
- The principal's string name.
public
int
hashCode
()
Computes the hash code for this principal.
Returns
- The principal's hash code.
public
String
toString
()
Creates a string representation of this principal's name in the format
defined by RFC 2253.
If the name has zero components an empty string is returned.
Returns
- The principal's string name.