oracle.security.idm

Interface Identity

All Known Subinterfaces:

Role, RoleProfile, User, UserProfile

public interface Identity

Interface representing a basic identity in the identity repository.

Since:

10.1.3

Version:

$Header: Identity.java 23-jan-2006.03:16:46 bhusingh Exp $

Author:

Bhupindra Singh

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getDisplayName() Returns display name of this Identity.
java.lang.String	getGUID() Get the global unique identifier for this identity.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this Identity.
java.security.Principal	getPrincipal() Returns the java.security.Principal object representing this Identity.
java.lang.String	getUniqueName() Gets the unique name for this identity.

Method Detail

getDisplayName

java.lang.String getDisplayName()
                                throws IMException

Returns display name of this Identity.

Throws:

IMException - Thrown by the service provider in case of any problem

getName

java.lang.String getName()
                         throws IMException

Returns the name of this Identity. Some user/role repositories allow for multiple identities to have the same name. However such identities will have different "UniqueName"s.

Throws:

IMException - Thrown by the service provider in case of any problem

See Also:

getUniqueName()

getUniqueName

java.lang.String getUniqueName()
                               throws IMException

Gets the unique name for this identity. It is the name with which Identity is uniquely represented in the underlying store. Depending upon the underlying store unique name might be subject to change if Identity information is changed.

Throws:

IMException - Thrown by the service provider in case of any problem

getGUID

java.lang.String getGUID()
                         throws IMException

Get the global unique identifier for this identity. GUID uniquely represents a Identity in a given store. It always remains the same irrespective of any changes to the Identity.

Throws:

IMException - Thrown by the service provider in case of any problem

getPrincipal

java.security.Principal getPrincipal()
                                     throws IMException

Returns the java.security.Principal object representing this Identity.

Throws:

IMException - Thrown by the service provider in case of any problem