File	Doc	Category	Size	Date	Package
GenericPrincipal.java	API Doc	Glassfish v2 API	6164	Fri May 04 22:32:16 BST 2007	org.apache.catalina.realm

GenericPrincipal

• java.lang.Object

Fields Summary
protected String	name The username of the user represented by this Principal.
protected String	password The authentication credentials for the user represented by this Principal.
protected org.apache.catalina.Realm	realm The Realm with which this Principal is associated.
protected String[]	roles The set of roles associated with this user.

Constructors Summary
public GenericPrincipal(org.apache.catalina.Realm realm, String name, String password) Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password. param realm The Realm that owns this Principal param name The username of the user represented by this Principal param password Credentials used to authenticate this user this(realm, name, password, null);
public GenericPrincipal(org.apache.catalina.Realm realm, String name, String password, List roles) Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password, with the specified role names (as Strings). param realm The Realm that owns this principal param name The username of the user represented by this Principal param password Credentials used to authenticate this user param roles List of roles (must be Strings) possessed by this user super(); this.realm = realm; this.name = name; this.password = password; if (roles != null) { this.roles = new String[roles.size()]; this.roles = (String[]) roles.toArray(this.roles); if (this.roles.length > 0) Arrays.sort(this.roles); }
public GenericPrincipal(String name, String password, List roles) super(); this.name = name; this.password = password; if (roles != null) { this.roles = new String[roles.size()]; this.roles = (String[]) roles.toArray(this.roles); if (this.roles.length > 0) Arrays.sort(this.roles); }

Methods Summary
public java.lang.String	getName() return (this.name);
public java.lang.String	getPassword() return (this.password);
public org.apache.catalina.Realm	getRealm() return (this.realm);
public java.lang.String[]	getRoles() return (this.roles);
public boolean	hasRole(java.lang.String role) Does the user represented by this Principal possess the specified role? param role Role to be tested if("*".equals(role)) // Special 2.4 role meaning everyone return true; if (role == null) return (false); return (Arrays.binarySearch(roles, role) >= 0);
void	setRealm(org.apache.catalina.Realm realm) this.realm=realm;
public java.lang.String	toString() Return a String representation of this object, which exposes only information that should be public. StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("GenericPrincipal["); sb.append(this.name); sb.append("("); for( int i=0;i<roles.length; i++ ) { sb.append( roles[i]).append(","); } sb.append(")]"); return (sb.toString());