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Java
86 lines
2.9 KiB
Java
/* Principal.java -- A security entity
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Copyright (C) 1998, 2002 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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Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
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conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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combination.
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As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
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permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
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modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
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terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
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independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
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module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
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or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
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this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
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obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
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exception statement from your version. */
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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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* @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
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* @see X509Certificate
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* @since 1.1
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* @status updated to 1.4
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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 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 Object to test for equality
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* @return true if the specified <code>Principal</code> is equal
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*/
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boolean equals(Object obj);
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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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String toString();
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/**
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* This method returns a hash code value for this <code>Principal</code>.
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* Remember the contract of hashCode - two objects which compare as
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* equals() must have the same hashCode().
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*
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* @return a hash value
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*/
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int hashCode();
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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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String getName();
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} // interface Principal
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