com.sun.security.auth

Class NTSidUserPrincipal

java.lang.Object

com.sun.security.auth.NTSid

com.sun.security.auth.NTSidUserPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

public class NTSidUserPrincipal
extends NTSid

This class extends NTSid and represents a Windows NT user's SID.

Principals such as this NTSidUserPrincipal 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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NTSidUserPrincipal(String name) Create an NTSidUserPrincipal with a Windows NT SID.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object o) Compares the specified Object with this NTSidUserPrincipal for equality.
String	toString() Return a string representation of this NTSidUserPrincipal.

Methods inherited from class com.sun.security.auth.NTSid

getName, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NTSidUserPrincipal

public NTSidUserPrincipal(String name)

Create an NTSidUserPrincipal with a Windows NT SID.

Parameters:

name - a string version of the Windows NT SID for this user.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the name is null.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of this NTSidUserPrincipal.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class NTSid

Returns:

a string representation of this NTSidUserPrincipal.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares the specified Object with this NTSidUserPrincipal for equality. Returns true if the given object is also a NTSidUserPrincipal and the two NTSidUserPrincipals have the same SID.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class NTSid

Parameters:

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

Returns:

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

See Also:

Object.hashCode(), HashMap