Package com.sas.lsaf.security.principal

Interface Principal

All Superinterfaces:

Identifiable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AclMembers, AclOwner, Group, GroupDescriptor, User, UserDescriptor

public interface Principal
extends Identifiable

A principal is either a user or a group that is defined in the system.

Since:

1.2

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getPrincipalId()	Returns the principal identifier of a user or group.
String	getPrincipalName()	Returns the principal name of a user or group.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.lsaf.core.Identifiable

getId, getTypeId

Method Details

getPrincipalId

String getPrincipalId()

Returns the principal identifier of a user or group. This uniquely identifies the principal within the system.

Returns:

The principal identifier of a user or group.

getPrincipalName

String getPrincipalName()

Returns the principal name of a user or group. This may not uniquely identify the principal and should only be used for display purposes.

Returns:

The principal name of a user or group.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object