Class UserPrincipal

java.lang.Object

com.sun.security.auth.UserPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

public final class UserPrincipal
extends Object
implements Principal, Serializable

A user principal identified by a username or account name.

After successful authentication, a user Principal can be associated with a particular Subject to augment that Subject with an additional identity. Authorization decisions can then be based upon the Principals that are associated with a Subject.

This class is immutable.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UserPrincipal(String name)	Creates a principal.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object object)	Compares this principal to the specified object.
String	getName()	Returns the name of this principal.
int	hashCode()	Returns a hash code for this principal.
String	toString()	Returns a string representation of this principal.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Methods declared in interface java.security.Principal

implies

Constructor Details

UserPrincipal

public UserPrincipal(String name)

Creates a principal.

Parameters:

name - The principal's string name.

Throws:

NullPointerException - If the name is null.

Method Details

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Compares this principal to the specified object.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

object - The object to compare this principal against.

Returns:

true if they are equal; false otherwise.

See Also:

• Object.hashCode()
• HashMap

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this principal.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

The principal's hash code.

See Also:

• Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
• System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this principal.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

The principal's name.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this principal.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The principal's name.