Package com.spotfire.server.jaas

Class JAASGroupPrincipal

java.lang.Object

com.spotfire.server.jaas.JAASGroupPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

public class JAASGroupPrincipal
extends Object
implements Principal, Serializable

This class can be used as a base class for Principal implementations representing groups.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JAASGroupPrincipal(String groupname)	Creates a new JAASGroupPrincipal instance with the given groupname.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Compares the specified object with this JAASGroupPrincipal instance.
String	getName()	This method returns the name of the principal.
int	hashCode()	Returns the hash code value for the principal.
String	toString()	The method returns a String representation of this principal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

implies

Constructor Details

JAASGroupPrincipal

public JAASGroupPrincipal(String groupname)

Creates a new JAASGroupPrincipal instance with the given groupname.

Parameters:

groupname - the groupname

Since:

3.0

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

This method returns the name of the principal.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

the name of the principal.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code value for the principal. The returned hash code is the same as the hash code for the String containing the name of the principal.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash code

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Compares the specified object with this JAASGroupPrincipal instance. The method returns true if the two objects are of the same concrete subclass of JAASGroupPrincipal and they both have the same name. Otherwise, the method returns false.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - an Object to be compared for equality

Returns:

true if the specified object is equal to this principal

toString

public String toString()

The method returns a String representation of this principal.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a String representation of this principal