com.sun.security.auth
Class UserPrincipal

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.security.auth.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

Constructor Summary

UserPrincipal(String name)
Creates a principal.

Method Summary

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 inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UserPrincipal

public UserPrincipal(String name)

Creates a principal.

Parameters:

name - The principal's string name.

Throws:

NullPointerException - If the name is null.

Method Detail

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.

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.

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.