Same as Ivar
Both seem OK, but in doubt "caller" should be fine.
Werner
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Ivar Grimstad <ivar.grimstad_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm fine with both, but give my vote to *caller*.
>
> ivar
>
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 6:30 PM Rudy De Busscher <rdebusscher_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Arjan,
>>
>> *Caller* for me, as User refers to much to a human on the other side
>> (and we have also processes)
>>
>> regards
>> Rudy
>>
>> On 18 June 2015 at 23:28, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Another concept for which there are different terms in use is what we
>>> often call using simple language the "logged-in user", and with some more
>>> formal language sometimes the "authenticated/authentication identity".
>>>
>>> Next to the logged-in/authentication user/identity, there's another
>>> variant; the run-as user/identity.
>>>
>>> In Java EE there's one extra step even. Various API methods return a
>>> single principal from the user/identity called the "user principal" or the
>>> "caller principal".
>>>
>>> To put these terms somewhat in context, consider the following sentence
>>> from the JASPIC spec, B.1:
>>>
>>> "When the authentication identity is provided to the container as a bag
>>> of principals in a Subject, the container needs some way to recognize which
>>> of the principals in the subject should be returned as the caller or user
>>> Principal."
>>>
>>> Now it's this last term that's specifically problematic in Java EE
>>> "caller or user principal".
>>> https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVAEE_SECURITY_SPEC-2 shows that various
>>> APIs in Java EE use either "caller" or "principal" now.
>>>
>>> For this issue I'd like to ask you again to vote for a term, or propose
>>> a new term. Again, it's a non-binding vote of course and to establish a
>>> working term. As the previous vote ran for a long time, I'd like to set
>>> this vote to *2 weeks*.
>>>
>>> The list of terms is currently the following:
>>>
>>> 1. user (principal)
>>> 2. caller (principal)
>>> 3. ???
>>>
>>> Pedro already expressed a preference for "caller" in the issue, which is
>>> my preference as well (but consistency is my top concern).
>>>
>>> So we now have
>>>
>>> 2 out of 14 voted:
>>>
>>> Pedro Igor: caller
>>> Arjan Tijms: caller
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Arjan Tijms
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>