com.tibco.tibjms.admin

Class PrincipalInfo

java.lang.Object

com.tibco.tibjms.admin.PrincipalInfo

Direct Known Subclasses:

GroupInfo, UserInfo

public abstract class PrincipalInfo
extends java.lang.Object

This abstract class represents a user or group and contains methods common to both.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getDescription() Get the description of this user or group.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this user or group.
boolean	isExternal() Indicates whether or not this user or group is external.
void	setDescription(java.lang.String description) Set the description of this user or group.
java.lang.String	toString() Generate a string representation of this PrincipalInfo.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this user or group.

Returns:

the name of this user or group.

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Get the description of this user or group.

Returns:

the description of this user or group.

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)
                    throws TibjmsAdminException

Set the description of this user or group. If the user or group is external then it is an error to attempt to change its description.

Parameters:

description - the description of this user or group.

Throws:

TibjmsAdminException - if the user or group is external.

isExternal

public boolean isExternal()

Indicates whether or not this user or group is external. Users and groups that are defined in an external repository such as an LDAP server are external whereas those defined in users.conf or groups.conf are not.

Returns:

true if the user or group is external, false otherwise.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Generate a string representation of this PrincipalInfo.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of this PrincipalInfo.