This interface encapsulates a single GSS-API principal entity. * Different name formats and their definitions are identified with * universal Object Identifiers (Oids). The format of the names can be * derived based on the unique oid of its namespace type.
* *
GSSManager mgr = GSSManager.getInstance();
// create a host based service name
GSSName name = mgr.createName("service@host",
GSSName.NT_HOSTBASED_SERVICE);
Oid krb5 = new Oid("1.2.840.113554.1.2.2");
GSSName mechName = name.canonicalize(krb5);
// the above two steps are equivalent to the following
GSSName mechName = mgr.createName("service@host",
GSSName.NT_HOSTBASED_SERVICE, krb5);
// perform name comparison
if (name.equals(mechName))
print("Names are equal.");
// obtain textual representation of name and its printable
// name type
print(mechName.toString() +
mechName.getStringNameType().toString());
// export and re-import the name
byte [] exportName = mechName.export();
// create a new name object from the exported buffer
GSSName newName = mgr.createName(exportName,
GSSName.NT_EXPORT_NAME);
*/
public interface GSSName
{
// Constants.
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Name type for representing an anonymous entity. It represents the
* following value: { 1(iso), 3(org), 6(dod), 1(internet), 5(security),
* 6(nametypes), 3(gss-anonymous-name) }.
Name type used to indicate an exported name produced by the export
* method. It represents the following value: { 1(iso), 3(org), 6(dod),
* 1(internet), 5(security), 6(nametypes), 4(gss-api-exported-name)
* }.
Oid indicating a host-based service name form. It is used to * represent services associated with host computers. This name form is * constructed using two elements, "service" and "hostname", as follows:
* *service@hostnameValues for the "service" element are registered with the IANA. It
* represents the following value: { 1(iso), 3(org), 6(dod),
* 1(internet), 5(security), 6(nametypes), 2(gss-host-based-services)
* }.
Name type to indicate a numeric user identifier corresponding to a
* user on a local system. (e.g. Uid). It represents the following
* value: { iso(1) member-body(2) United States(840) mit(113554)
* infosys(1) gssapi(2) generic(1) machine_uid_name(2) }.
Name type to indicate a string of digits representing the numeric
* user identifier of a user on a local system. It represents the
* following value: { iso(1) member-body(2) United States(840)
* mit(113554) infosys(1) gssapi(2) generic(1) string_uid_name(3)
* }.
Name type to indicate a named user on a local system. It represents
* the following value: { iso(1) member-body(2) United States(840)
* mit(113554) infosys(1) gssapi(2) generic(1) user_name(1) }.
false.
*
* @param another GSSName object to compare with.
* @return True if this name equals the other, and if neither name
* represents an anonymous entity.
* @throws GSSException If the names cannot be compared.
*/
boolean equals(GSSName another) throws GSSException;
/**
* A variation of the {@link #equals(org.ietf.jgss.GSSName)} method that
* is provided to override the {@link Object#equals(java.lang.Object)}
* method that the implementing class will inherit. The behavior is
* exactly the same as that in the other equals method except that no
* {@link GSSException} is thrown; instead, false will be
* returned in the situation where an error occurs. (Note that the Java
* language specification requires that two objects that are equal
* according to the {@link Object#equals(java.lang.Object)} method must
* return the same integer when the {@link hashCode()} method is called
* on them.
*
* @param another GSSName object to compare with.
* @return True if this name equals the other, if neither name
* represents an anonymous entity, or if an error occurs.
*/
boolean equals(Object another);
/**
* Creates a mechanism name (MN) from an arbitrary internal name. This
* is equivalent to using the factory methods {@link
* GSSManager#createName(java.lang.String,org.ietf.jgss.Oid,org.ietf.jgss.Oid)}
* or {@link
* GSSManager#createName(byte[],org.ietf.jgss.Oid,org.ietf.jgss.Oid)}.
*
* @param mech The oid for the mechanism for which the canonical form
* of the name is requested.
* @return The mechanism name.
* @throws GSSException If this operation fails.
*/
GSSName canonicalize(Oid mech) throws GSSException;
/**
* Returns a canonical contiguous byte representation of a mechanism
* name (MN), suitable for direct, byte by byte comparison by
* authorization functions. If the name is not an MN, implementations
* may throw a {@link GSSException} with the {@link GSSException#NAME_NOT_MN}
* status code. If an implementation chooses not to throw an exception,
* it should use some system specific default mechanism to canonicalize
* the name and then export it. The format of the header of the output
* buffer is specified in RFC 2743.
*
* @return The exported name.
* @throws GSSException If the name is not an MN and the implementation
* throws an exception for this case.
*/
byte[] export() throws GSSException;
/**
* Returns a textual representation of the GSSName object. To retrieve
* the printed name format, which determines the syntax of the returned
* string, the {@link #getStringNameType()} method can be used.
*
* @return The textual representation of the GSSName object.
*/
String toString();
/**
* Returns the oid representing the type of name returned through the
* {@link #toString()} method. Using this oid, the syntax of the printable
* name can be determined.
*
* @return The name type.
* @throws GSSException If this operation fails.
*/
Oid getStringNameType() throws GSSException;
/**
* Tests if this name object represents an anonymous entity. Returns
* true if this is an anonymous name.
*
* @return True if this name represents an anonymous entity.
*/
boolean isAnonymous();
/**
* Tests if this name object contains only one mechanism element and is
* thus a mechanism name as defined by RFC 2743.
*
* @return True if this name is a mechanism name.
*/
boolean isMN();
}