X500Principal

This class is deprecated.
A new X500Principal class is available in the Java platform. This X500Principal classs is entirely deprecated and is here to allow for a smooth transition to the new class.

Class Overview

This class represents an X.500 Principal. X500Principals have names such as, "CN=Duke, OU=JavaSoft, O=Sun Microsystems, C=US" (RFC 1779 style).

Principals such as this X500Principal may be associated with a particular Subject to augment that Subject with an additional identity. Refer to the Subject class for more information on how to achieve this. Authorization decisions can then be based upon the Principals associated with a Subject.

Summary

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From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object. final void 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. final void 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.
From interface java.security.Principal abstract boolean equals(Object another) Compares this principal to the specified object. abstract String getName() Returns the name of this principal. abstract int hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this principal. abstract String toString() Returns a string representation of this principal.