com.spotfire.server.userdir
Interface SpotfirePrincipal

All Known Subinterfaces:

GroupPrincipal, UserPrincipal

public interface SpotfirePrincipal

This interface represents a principal, such as a user or a group. Every principal is characterized by a GUID and a name. The guid is unique for each principal, regardless of type of principal. The name is also unique, but only for principals of the same type.

Also, when a user is removed and a new user is later added with the same name, the GUID will differ between the users. Therefore the GUID should always be used as an identifier for a principal, not the name.

Since:

DSS 7.3

Method Summary

Guid

getGuid()

Method Detail

getGuid

Guid getGuid()

Returns:

The GUID identifying the principal.