Package org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.principal

Interface ItemBasedPrincipal

All Superinterfaces:

JackrabbitPrincipal, Principal

@ProviderType
public interface ItemBasedPrincipal
extends JackrabbitPrincipal

ItemBasedPrincipal is a Principal having a corresponding item within the JCR repository. In addition to the methods inherited from the Principal interface it therefore provides a getPath() method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@NotNull String	getPath()	Returns the JCR path of the item that corresponds to this Principal.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

Method Details

getPath

@NotNull
@NotNull String getPath()
                 throws RepositoryException

Returns the JCR path of the item that corresponds to this Principal.

Returns:

the path of the Item that corresponds to this Principal.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs while retrieving the Item path.