weblogic.security.service
Interface SecurityRole

public interface SecurityRole

The SecurityRole interface represents the abstract notion of a security role.

Users/groups can have different roles at different times, depending upon what they are trying to do. For example, a user may have the role "Admin" while doing administrative tasks, but the same user might not be allowed to have that role outside normal work hours. Users/groups can have multiple roles at the same time, depending upon what the security providers grant. The methods on the SecurityRole interface allow one to obtain basic information about the SecurityRole, or to compare it to another security role. These methods are designed for the convenience of security providers.

Note: SecurityRole implementations are returned as a Map by the getRoles method.

See Also:

RoleMapper.getRoles(Subject subject, Resource resource, ContextHandler handler)

equals

boolean equals(Object another)

Compares this security role to the security role in the specified object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

another - the other security role with which to compare this security role.

Returns:

TRUE if the security role passed in matches the security role represented by the implementation of this interface, and FALSE otherwise.

toString

String toString()

Returns a String representation of this security role.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

this security role, represented as a String.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this security role.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hashcode for this security role, represented as an int.

getName

String getName()

Gets the name of this security role.

Returns:

the name of this security role, represented as a String.

getDescription

String getDescription()

Gets a description of this security role. The description should describe the purpose of this security role.

Returns:

a description of this security role, represented as a String.