javax.wbem.client
Class UserPrincipal

java.lang.Object
  javax.wbem.client.UserPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Principal

public class UserPrincipal
extends Object
implements Principal

UserPrincipal implements a Principal identity for a client user identity that authenticates with a username and password. In other words, it represents the user's login identity on the remote system. UserPrincipal includes the username and optionally the host information for which the username is used to authenticate.

Constructor Summary

UserPrincipal(String pUserName)
This constructor accepts the user name.

UserPrincipal(String pUserName, String pHostName)
This constructor accepts the user name and host name.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object pOtherPrincipal) The equals method checks if the specified object is the same principal as this object.
String	getHostName() Return the host name associated with this principal.
String	getName() Return the name of this principal identity; that is, return the login name.
String	getUserName() Return the principal's login user name.
int	hashCode() The hashCode method returns an integer hash code to represent this principal.
String	toString() The toString method returns a string representation of the principal suitable for displaying in messages.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UserPrincipal

public UserPrincipal(String pUserName)
              throws IllegalArgumentException

This constructor accepts the user name.

Parameters:

pUserName - The user login name.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the is null.

UserPrincipal

public UserPrincipal(String pUserName,
                     String pHostName)
              throws IllegalArgumentException

This constructor accepts the user name and host name.

Parameters:

pUserName - The user login name.

pHostName - The host name for this principal.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the pUserName is null.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object pOtherPrincipal)

The equals method checks if the specified object is the same principal as this object. The principals are equal if the specified object is an instance of UserPrincipal and the user name and authentication host name are the same.

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

pOtherPrincipal - Principal instance to compare for equality.

Returns:

true if the object are equal; false otherwise.

getHostName

public String getHostName()

Return the host name associated with this principal.

Returns:

The host name.

getName

public String getName()

Return the name of this principal identity; that is, return the login name.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

The name of this principal identity.

See Also:

Principal.getName()

getUserName

public String getUserName()

Return the principal's login user name.

Returns:

The user login name.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

The hashCode method returns an integer hash code to represent this principal. It can be used to test for non-equality, or as an index key in a hash table.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

An integer hash code representing the principal.

toString

public String toString()

The toString method returns a string representation of the principal suitable for displaying in messages. It should not be used for making authorization checks, however.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A printable string form of the principal identity.