86 lines
2.6 KiB
Java
86 lines
2.6 KiB
Java
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/* Principal.java -- A security entity
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Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of GNU Classpath.
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GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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any later version.
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GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
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02111-1307 USA.
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As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
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produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
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resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
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This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
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executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
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package java.security;
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/**
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* This interface models an entity (such as a user or a certificate authority)
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* for the purposes of applying the Java security model.
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*
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* @version 0.0
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*
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* @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
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*/
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public interface Principal
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{
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/**
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* This method returns a <code>String</code> that names this
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* <code>Principal</code>.
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*
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* @return The name of this <code>Principal</code>.
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*/
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public abstract String
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getName();
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/*************************************************************************/
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/**
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* This method tests another <code>Principal</code> object for equality
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* with this one.
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*
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* @param obj The <code>Object</code> (which is a <code>Principal</code>) to test for equality against.
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*
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* @return <code>true</code> if the specified <code>Principal</code> is equal to this one, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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*/
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public abstract boolean
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equals(Object obj);
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/*************************************************************************/
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/**
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* This method returns a hash code value for this <code>Principal</code>.
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*
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* @return A hash value
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*/
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public abstract int
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hashCode();
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/*************************************************************************/
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/**
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* This method returns a <code>String</code> representation of this
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* <code>Principal</code>.
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*
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* @return This <code>Principal</code> represented as a <code>String</code>.
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*/
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public abstract String
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toString();
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} // interface Principal
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