Package com.spotfire.server.userdir

Interface SpotfirePrincipal

All Superinterfaces:

Principal, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

GroupPrincipal, UserPrincipal

public interface SpotfirePrincipal
extends Principal, Serializable

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:

3.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Guid	getGuid()

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

Method Details

getGuid

Guid getGuid()

Returns:

The GUID identifying the principal.

Since:

3.0