File	Doc	Category	Size	Date	Package
X500Principal.java	API Doc	Java SE 5 API	4618	Fri Aug 26 14:56:14 BST 2005	com.sun.security.auth

X500Principal

• java.lang.Object

Fields Summary
private static final long	serialVersionUID
private static final ResourceBundle	rb
private String	name
private transient X500Name	thisX500Name

Constructors Summary

public X500Principal(String name) Create a X500Principal with an X.500 Name, such as "CN=Duke, OU=JavaSoft, O=Sun Microsystems, C=US" (RFC 1779 style). param name the X.500 name exception NullPointerException if the name is null. exception IllegalArgumentException if the name is improperly specified. if (name == null) throw new NullPointerException(rb.getString("provided null name")); try { thisX500Name = new X500Name(name); } catch (Exception e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.toString()); } this.name = name;

Methods Summary
public boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares the specified Object with this X500Principal for equality. param o Object to be compared for equality with this X500Principal. return true if the specified Object is equal equal to this X500Principal. if (o == null) return false; if (this == o) return true; if (o instanceof X500Principal) { X500Principal that = (X500Principal)o; try { X500Name thatX500Name = new X500Name(that.getName()); return thisX500Name.equals(thatX500Name); } catch (Exception e) { // any parsing exceptions, return false return false; } } else if (o instanceof Principal) { // this will return 'true' if 'o' is a sun.security.x509.X500Name // and the X500Names are equal return o.equals(thisX500Name); } return false;
public java.lang.String	getName() Return the Unix username for this X500Principal. return the Unix username for this X500Principal return thisX500Name.getName();
public int	hashCode() Return a hash code for this X500Principal. return a hash code for this X500Principal. return thisX500Name.hashCode();
private void	readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s) Reads this object from a stream (i.e., deserializes it) s.defaultReadObject(); // re-create thisX500Name thisX500Name = new X500Name(name);
public java.lang.String	toString() Return a string representation of this X500Principal. return a string representation of this X500Principal. return thisX500Name.toString();