com.compoze.security
Class PrincipalImpl

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.compoze.security.PrincipalImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.security.Principal, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Group, User

public abstract class PrincipalImpl

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.security.Principal, java.io.Serializable

This class represents a base implementation of a principal. A principal can be used to represent an entity such as a user or a group.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected	PrincipalImpl() Constructor.
protected	PrincipalImpl(java.lang.String sName) Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares this principal to the specified object.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the unique name of the principal.
static PrincipalImpl	getPrincipal(java.lang.String sClassImpl, java.lang.String sPrincipalName) Gets the principal based on the principal implementation class and the principal name.
void	setName(java.lang.String sName) Sets the unique name of the principal.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this principal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

hashCode

Constructor Detail

PrincipalImpl

protected PrincipalImpl()

Constructor.

PrincipalImpl

protected PrincipalImpl(java.lang.String sName)

Constructor.

Parameters:

sName - the unique name of the principal (may not be null)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the unique name of the principal.

Specified by:

getName in interface java.security.Principal

Returns:

the unique name of the principal

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String sName)

Sets the unique name of the principal.

Parameters:

sName - the unique name of the principal (may not be null)

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares this principal to the specified object.

Specified by:

equals in interface java.security.Principal

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - principal to compare with

Returns:

true if the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this principal; false otherwise

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this principal.

Specified by:

toString in interface java.security.Principal

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of this principal

getPrincipal

public static PrincipalImpl getPrincipal(java.lang.String sClassImpl,
                                         java.lang.String sPrincipalName)
                                  throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                         java.lang.InstantiationException,
                                         java.lang.IllegalAccessException

Gets the principal based on the principal implementation class and the principal name.

Parameters:

sClassImpl - the fully qualified class name of the principal implementation

sPrincipalName - the name of the principal

Returns:

the principal implementaion

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - occurs if the implementation class could not be found

java.lang.InstantiationException - occurs if the implementation class could not be instantiated

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - occurs if the class is not accessible