Package org.glassfish.security.common

Class Group

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.security.common.PrincipalImpl

org.glassfish.security.common.Group

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

public class Group
extends PrincipalImpl

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.

Two Group instances are equal if they have the same name.

Author:

Harish Prabandham

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Group(String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object other)	This function returns true if the object passed matches the principal represented in this implementation
int	hashCode()	Returns the hashcode for this Principal object

Methods inherited from class org.glassfish.security.common.PrincipalImpl

getName, 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 Detail

Group

public Group(String name)

Parameters:

name - - a name of the group

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Description copied from class: PrincipalImpl

This function returns true if the object passed matches the principal represented in this implementation

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class PrincipalImpl

Parameters:

other - the Principal to compare with.

Returns:

true if the Principal passed is the same as that encapsulated in this object, false otherwise

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Description copied from class: PrincipalImpl

Returns the hashcode for this Principal object

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class PrincipalImpl

Returns:

a hashcode for the principal.