weblogic.security.principal
Class WLSGroupImpl

java.lang.Object
  weblogic.security.principal.WLSAbstractPrincipal
      weblogic.security.principal.WLSGroupImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal, WLSPrincipal, WLSGroup

public final class WLSGroupImpl
extends WLSAbstractPrincipal
implements WLSGroup

The WLSGroupImpl class is a convenience class that implements a WLSGroup principal whose name field will be signed by the weblogic.security.provider.PrincipalValidatorImpl class. To use this class, you should make the PrincipalValidatorImpl class the runtime class for your Principal Validation provider, or extend that class and make the extended class your Principal Validation provider.

Note: Use of this class is not required by WebLogic Server. It is simply a convenience class.

See Also:

Serialized Form

WLSGroupImpl

public WLSGroupImpl(String groupName)

Constructs a principal that represents a WebLogic Server group.

Parameters:

groupName - the name of the group, represented as a String.

equals

public boolean equals(Object another)

Compares this principal to the principal in the specified object.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class WLSAbstractPrincipal

Parameters:

another - the other principal with which to compare this principal.

Returns:

TRUE if the principal passed in matches the principal passed in, and FALSE otherwise.