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oracle.security.jps.service.policystore.info
Interface PrincipalEntry

All Superinterfaces:

GenericEntry

All Known Subinterfaces:

AppRoleEntry, RoleMemberEntry

public interface PrincipalEntry

extends GenericEntry

A representation of a principal in the policystore.

To create an in-memory representation of PrincipalEntry use InfoFactory.newPrincipalEntry(String, String).

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAppID() Returns the name of the application to which the principal is scoped to.
java.lang.String	getClassName() Return the name of the class implementing the principal.
java.lang.String	getGuid() Returns the GUID (if any) associated with this principal.
java.security.Principal	getPrincipal() Return the underlying Java Principal object.
java.lang.String	getPrincipalName() Returns the name of the principal.
java.lang.String	getType() Return the type of the Principal.
java.lang.String	getUniqueName() Returns the name of the principal that uniquely identifies the principal in its underlying policy or identity store (i.e.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.security.jps.service.policystore.info.GenericEntry

accepts, getParent, setParent

Method Detail

getType

java.lang.String getType()

Return the type of the Principal.

If the principal is a JpsPrincipalType, then the value returned is the toString() value of the PrincipalType defined by JpsPrincipalType.

For a principal entry representing a custom principal (i.e. not a JpsPrincipalType), then a null string must be returned.

Returns:

the principal type.

getClassName

java.lang.String getClassName()

Return the name of the class implementing the principal.

Returns:

the name of the class implementing the principal.

getPrincipalName

java.lang.String getPrincipalName()

Returns the name of the principal.

Returns:

the name of the principal.

getPrincipal

java.security.Principal getPrincipal()

Return the underlying Java Principal object.

Returns:

the underlying Principal object.

getUniqueName

java.lang.String getUniqueName()

Returns the name of the principal that uniquely identifies the principal in its underlying policy or identity store (i.e. whereever the principal is defined).

Returns:

unique name.

getAppID

java.lang.String getAppID()

Returns the name of the application to which the principal is scoped to. This is an optional attribute and all principals may not have this value set.

Returns:

app name.

getGuid

java.lang.String getGuid()

Returns the GUID (if any) associated with this principal. The GUID is an immutable reference to the principal.

Returns:

guid

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