Class UserPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Principal 
public final class UserPrincipal
extends Object
implements Principal, Serializable

A user principal identified by a username or account name.

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 Principals that are associated with a Subject.

This class is immutable.

Since:
1.6
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructors

Constructor Description
UserPrincipal​(String name)

Creates a principal.

Methods

Modifier and Type Method Description
boolean equals​(Object object)

Compares this principal to the specified object.
String getName()

Returns the name of this principal.
int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this principal.
String toString()

Returns a string representation of this principal.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Methods declared in interface java.security.Principal

implies

Constructors

UserPrincipal

public UserPrincipal(String name)

Creates a principal.

Parameters:
name - The principal's string name.
Throws:
NullPointerException - If the name is null.

Methods

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Compares this principal to the specified object.

Specified by:
equals in interface Principal
Overrides:
equals in class Object
Parameters:
object - The object to compare this principal against.
Returns:
true if they are equal; false otherwise.
See Also:
Object.hashCode(), HashMap

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this principal.

Specified by:
hashCode in interface Principal
Overrides:
hashCode in class Object
Returns:
The principal's hash code.
See Also:
Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this principal.

Specified by:
getName in interface Principal
Returns:
The principal's name.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this principal.

Specified by:
toString in interface Principal
Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
The principal's name.

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