com.sun.security.auth
Class NTSid

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.security.auth.NTSid

All Implemented Interfaces:

Principal, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

NTSidDomainPrincipal, NTSidGroupPrincipal, NTSidPrimaryGroupPrincipal, NTSidUserPrincipal

public class NTSid

extends Object

implements Principal, Serializable

This class implements the Principal interface and represents information about a Windows NT user, group or realm.

Windows NT chooses to represent users, groups and realms (or domains) with not only common names, but also relatively unique numbers. These numbers are called Security IDentifiers, or SIDs. Windows NT also provides services that render these SIDs into string forms. This class represents these string forms.

Principals such as this NTSid may be associated with a particular Subject to augment that Subject with an additional identity. Refer to the Subject class for more information on how to achieve this. Authorization decisions can then be based upon the Principals associated with a Subject.

See Also:

Principal, Subject, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

NTSid(String stringSid)
Create an NTSid with a Windows NT SID.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Compares the specified Object with this NTSid for equality.
String	getName() Return a string version of this NTSid.
int	hashCode() Return a hash code for this NTSid.
String	toString() Return a string representation of this NTSid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NTSid

public NTSid(String stringSid)

Create an NTSid with a Windows NT SID.

Parameters:

stringSid - the Windows NT SID.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the String is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if the String has zero length.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Return a string version of this NTSid.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

a string version of this NTSid

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of this NTSid.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Returns:

a string representation of this NTSid.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares the specified Object with this NTSid for equality. Returns true if the given object is also a NTSid and the two NTSids have the same String representation.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Parameters:

o - Object to be compared for equality with this NTSid.

Returns:

true if the specified Object is equal to this NTSid.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return a hash code for this NTSid.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Returns:

a hash code for this NTSid.