Principal (Java Platform SE 7 b138)

All Known Subinterfaces:

Group, GroupPrincipal, UserPrincipal

All Known Implementing Classes:

Identity, IdentityScope, JMXPrincipal, KerberosPrincipal, Signer, X500Principal
```
public interface Principal
```
This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a corporation, and a login id.

See Also:
X509Certificate

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object another)` Compares this principal to the specified object.
`String`	`getName()` Returns the name of this principal.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hashcode for this principal.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of this principal.

- Method Detail
  - equals
```
boolean equals(Object another)
```
    Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true if the object passed in matches the principal represented by the implementation of this interface.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
    
    Parameters:
    another - principal to compare with.
    
    Returns:
    true if the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise.
    See Also:
    Object.hashCode(), HashMap
  - toString
```
String toString()
```
    Returns a string representation of this principal.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    a string representation of this principal.
  - hashCode
```
int hashCode()
```
    Returns a hashcode for this principal.
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
    
    Returns:
    a hashcode for this principal.
    See Also:
    Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns the name of this principal.
    
    Returns:
    the name of this principal.

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Interface Principal

Method Summary

Method Detail

equals

toString

hashCode

getName