/* * Copyright (c) 2005, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package com.sun.security.auth; import java.security.Principal; /** * A user principal identified by a username or account name. * *
* After successful authentication, a user {@link java.security.Principal}
* can be associated with a particular {@link javax.security.auth.Subject}
* to augment that Subject
with an additional identity.
* Authorization decisions can then be based upon the
* Principal
s that are associated with a Subject
.
*
*
* This class is immutable.
*
* @since 1.6
*/
@jdk.Exported
public final class UserPrincipal implements Principal, java.io.Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 892106070870210969L;
/**
* The principal's name
*
* @serial
*/
private final String name;
/**
* Creates a principal.
*
* @param name The principal's string name.
* @exception NullPointerException If the name
is
* null
.
*/
public UserPrincipal(String name) {
if (name == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("null name is illegal");
}
this.name = name;
}
/**
* Compares this principal to the specified object.
*
* @param object The object to compare this principal against.
* @return true if they are equal; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean equals(Object object) {
if (this == object) {
return true;
}
if (object instanceof UserPrincipal) {
return name.equals(((UserPrincipal)object).getName());
}
return false;
}
/**
* Returns a hash code for this principal.
*
* @return The principal's hash code.
*/
public int hashCode() {
return name.hashCode();
}
/**
* Returns the name of this principal.
*
* @return The principal's name.
*/
public String getName() {
return name;
}
/**
* Returns a string representation of this principal.
*
* @return The principal's name.
*/
public String toString() {
return name;
}
}