73 lines
2.3 KiB
Java
73 lines
2.3 KiB
Java
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/*
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* Copyright 1996-1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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*
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* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this
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* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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* by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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*
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* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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* accompanied this code).
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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*
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* Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
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* CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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* have any questions.
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*/
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package java.security;
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/**
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* This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which
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* can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a
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* corporation, and a login id.
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*
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* @see java.security.cert.X509Certificate
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*
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* @author Li Gong
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*/
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public interface Principal {
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/**
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* Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true
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* if the object passed in matches the principal represented by
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* the implementation of this interface.
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*
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* @param another principal to compare with.
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*
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* @return true if the principal passed in is the same as that
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* encapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise.
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*/
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public boolean equals(Object another);
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/**
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* Returns a string representation of this principal.
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*
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* @return a string representation of this principal.
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*/
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public String toString();
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/**
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* Returns a hashcode for this principal.
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*
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* @return a hashcode for this principal.
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*/
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public int hashCode();
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/**
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* Returns the name of this principal.
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*
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* @return the name of this principal.
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*/
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public String getName();
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}
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