jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/Principal.java
Pavel Rappo 19ae62ae2c 8311170: Simplify and modernize equals and hashCode in security area
Reviewed-by: djelinski, rriggs, valeriep
2023-08-09 12:34:40 +00:00

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package java.security;
import javax.security.auth.Subject;
/**
* This interface represents the abstract notion of a {@code Principal}, which
* can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a
* corporation, and a login id.
*
* @see java.security.cert.X509Certificate
*
* @author Li Gong
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface Principal {
/**
* Compares this {@code Principal} to the specified object.
* Returns {@code true}
* if the object passed in matches the {@code Principal} represented by
* the implementation of this interface.
*
* @param another {@code Principal} to compare with.
*
* @return {@code true} if the {@code Principal} passed in is the same as
* that encapsulated by this {@code Principal}, and {@code false} otherwise.
*/
@Override
boolean equals(Object another);
/**
* Returns a string representation of this {@code Principal}.
*
* @return a string representation of this {@code Principal}.
*/
String toString();
/**
* {@return a hashcode for this {@code Principal}}
*/
@Override
int hashCode();
/**
* Returns the name of this {@code Principal}.
*
* @return the name of this {@code Principal}.
*/
String getName();
/**
* Returns {@code true} if the specified subject is implied by this
* {@code Principal}.
*
* @implSpec
* The default implementation of this method returns {@code true} if
* {@code subject} is non-null and contains at least one
* {@code Principal} that is equal to this {@code Principal}.
*
* <p>Subclasses may override this with a different implementation, if
* necessary.
*
* @param subject the {@code Subject}
* @return {@code true} if {@code subject} is non-null and is
* implied by this {@code Principal}, or false otherwise.
* @since 1.8
*/
default boolean implies(Subject subject) {
if (subject == null)
return false;
return subject.getPrincipals().contains(this);
}
}