Role (Payara Project 6.2023.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.glassfish.security.common.PrincipalImpl
- - org.glassfish.security.common.Role

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal
```
public class Role
extends PrincipalImpl
```
In EJBs, ACL checking is done using the Roles. Roles are an abstraction of an application specific Logical Principals. These Principals do not have any properties of Principals within a Security Domain (or Realm). They merely serve as abstraction to application specific entities.

Author:

Harish Prabandham

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Role(String name)
Creates a new Role with a given name

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object other)`	This function returns true if the object passed matches the principal represented in this implementation
`String`	`getDescription()`
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns the hashcode for this Principal object
`void`	`setDescription(String description)`

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
  - Role
```
public Role(String name)
```
    Creates a new Role with a given name
- 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.
  - getDescription
```
public String getDescription()
```
  - setDescription
```
public void setDescription(String description)
```