jsdsi
Class Principal

java.lang.Object
  jsdsi.Obj
      jsdsi.Principal

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.security.Principal, java.io.Serializable, Subject

Direct Known Subclasses:

PublicKey, PublicKeyHash

public abstract class Principal

extends Obj

implements Subject, java.security.Principal

A principal: an entity that can define names and can grant and receive authorizations. Represented by a public key.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3.2.1 $ $Date: 2005/11/08 03:12:52 $

Author:

Sameer Ajmani, Sean Radford

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class jsdsi.Subject

Subject.Default

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class jsdsi.Obj

_obj

Constructor Summary

Principal()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName()
abstract java.net.URI[]	getURIs()
abstract boolean	samePrincipalAs(Principal p) Compares this Principal with another.

Methods inherited from class jsdsi.Obj

equals, hashCode, parseObj, parseObj, readResolve, toByteArray, toSexp, toString, toString, toTransport

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface jsdsi.Subject

toSexp

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, hashCode, toString

Constructor Detail

Principal

public Principal()

Method Detail

samePrincipalAs

public abstract boolean samePrincipalAs(Principal p)

Compares this Principal with another.

Parameters:

p - another principal to compare this one with.

Returns:

true if both principal are the same (with respect to their public key), false otherwise.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface java.security.Principal

See Also:

Principal.getName()

getURIs

public abstract java.net.URI[] getURIs()