Interface Principal

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    PrincipalParser

    public interface Principal
    The Principal interface is used to describe a user that has a name and password. This should not be confused with the java.security.Principal interface which does not provide getPassword.
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.String getName()
      The getName method is used to retreive the name of the principal.
      java.lang.String getPassword()
      The getPassword method is used to retrieve the password of the principal.
    • Method Detail

      • getPassword

        java.lang.String getPassword()
        The getPassword method is used to retrieve the password of the principal. This is the password tag in the RFC 2616 Authorization credentials expression.
        Returns:
        this returns the password for this principal
      • getName

        java.lang.String getName()
        The getName method is used to retreive the name of the principal. This is the name tag in the RFC 2616 Authorization credentials expression.
        Returns:
        this returns the name of this principal