com.sun.security.auth
Class NTUserPrincipal

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Principal, Serializable

public class NTUserPrincipal

extends Object

implements Principal, Serializable

This class implements the Principal interface and represents a Windows NT user.

Principals such as this NTUserPrincipal 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

NTUserPrincipal(String name)
Create an NTUserPrincipal with a Windows NT username.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Compares the specified Object with this NTUserPrincipal for equality.
String	getName() Return the Windows NT username for this NTPrincipal.
int	hashCode() Return a hash code for this NTUserPrincipal.
String	toString() Return a string representation of this NTPrincipal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NTUserPrincipal

public NTUserPrincipal(String name)

Create an NTUserPrincipal with a Windows NT username.

Parameters:

name - the Windows NT username for this user.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the name is null.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Return the Windows NT username for this NTPrincipal.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

the Windows NT username for this NTPrincipal

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of this NTPrincipal.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Returns:

a string representation of this NTPrincipal.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares the specified Object with this NTUserPrincipal for equality. Returns true if the given object is also a NTUserPrincipal and the two NTUserPrincipals have the same name.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Parameters:

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

Returns:

true if the specified Object is equal equal to this NTPrincipal.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return a hash code for this NTUserPrincipal.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Returns:

a hash code for this NTUserPrincipal.