Package org.glassfish.security.common

Class Group

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.security.common.Group

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

public class Group
extends Object
implements Principal, Serializable

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, David Matejcek

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Group(String name)	Creates a new Group attribute

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object other)
String	getName()
int	hashCode()
String	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 Details

Group

public Group(String name)

Creates a new Group attribute

Parameters:

name -

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

group name

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

true if the object is an instance of Group with the same name.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

same as getName()