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Interface Principal</H2>
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<DT><B>All Known Subinterfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../java/security/acl/Group.html" title="interface in java.security.acl">Group</A></DD>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../java/security/Identity.html" title="class in java.security">Identity</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/security/auth/kerberos/KerberosPrincipal.html" title="class in javax.security.auth.kerberos">KerberosPrincipal</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/security/auth/x500/X500Principal.html" title="class in javax.security.auth.x500">X500Principal</A></DD>
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<DT>public interface <B>Principal</B></DL>
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This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which
can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a
corporation, and a login id.
该接口表示主体的抽象概念,可以用来表示任意的实体,比如一个特定用户,一个公司或者一个登陆ID。
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<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../java/security/cert/X509Certificate.html" title="class in java.security.cert"><CODE>X509Certificate</CODE></A></DL>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../java/security/Principal.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></B>(<A HREF="../../java/lang/Object.html" title="class in java.lang">Object</A> another)</CODE>
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Compares this principal to the specified object.比较主体与指定的对象是否相等。</TD>
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Returns the name of this principal.返回该主体的名称。</TD>
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Returns a hashcode for this principal.返回该主体的hash码。</TD>
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Returns a string representation of this principal.返回该主体的字符串表示。</TD>
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equals</H3>
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public boolean <B>equals</B>(<A HREF="../../java/lang/Object.html" title="class in java.lang">Object</A> another)</PRE>
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<DD>Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true
if the object passed in matches the principal represented by
the implementation of this interface.
比较主体与指定的对象是否相等。如果要比较的对象与当前接口实现所表示的主体匹配,返回true。
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>another</CODE> - principal to compare with. 要比较的主体。
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the principal passed in is the same as that
encapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise.
如果两个主体相同,返回true,否则为false。<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode()"><CODE>Object.hashCode()</CODE></A>,
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toString</H3>
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<DD>Returns a string representation of this principal.
返回该主体的字符串表示。
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该主体的字符串表示。</DL>
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hashCode</H3>
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<DD>Returns a hashcode for this principal.
返回该主体的hash码。
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a hashcode for this principal.该主体的hash码。
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getName</H3>
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<DD>Returns the name of this principal.
返回该主体的名称。
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