org.glassfish.security.common

Class Role

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.security.common.PrincipalImpl

org.glassfish.security.common.Role

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

public class Role
extends PrincipalImpl

In EJBs, ACL checking is done using the Roles. Roles are an abstraction of an application specific Logical Principals. These Principals do not have any properties of Principals within a Security Domain (or Realm). They merely serve as abstraction to application specific entities.

Author:

Harish Prabandham

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Role(String name) Creates a new Role with a given name

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object other) This function returns true if the object passed matches the principal represented in this implementation
String	getDescription()
int	hashCode() Returns the hashcode for this Principal object
void	setDescription(String description)

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

getName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

implies

Constructor Detail

Role

public Role(String name)

Creates a new Role with a given name

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(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 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

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Description copied from class: PrincipalImpl

Returns the hashcode for this Principal object

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class PrincipalImpl

Returns:

a hashcode for the principal.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)