org.glassfish.security.common
Class Group

java.lang.Object
  org.glassfish.security.common.PrincipalImpl
      org.glassfish.security.common.Group

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.security.Principal

public class Group
extends PrincipalImpl

This class implements the EJB concept of a Group. A Group is a privilege attribute that several Principals share. Or, in in other words, several Principals belong to a same group.

Author:

Harish Prabandham

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Group(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new Group attribute

Method Summary

boolean

equals(java.lang.Object other) This function returns true if the object passed matches the principal represented in this implementation

Methods inherited from class org.glassfish.security.common.PrincipalImpl

getName, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Group

public Group(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new Group attribute

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Description copied from class: PrincipalImpl

This function returns true if the object passed matches the principal represented in this implementation

Specified by:

equals in interface java.security.Principal

Overrides:

equals in class PrincipalImpl

Parameters:

other - the Principal to compare with.

Returns:

true if the Principal passed is the same as that encapsulated in this object, false otherwise