Package org.apache.catalina.users

Class AbstractRole

java.lang.Object

org.apache.catalina.users.AbstractRole

All Implemented Interfaces:

Principal, Role

Direct Known Subclasses:

MemoryRole

public abstract class AbstractRole
extends Object
implements Role

Convenience base class for Role implementations.

Since:

4.1

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected String	description	The description of this Role.
protected String	rolename	The role name of this Role.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractRole()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDescription()	Return the description of this role.
String	getName()	Make the principal name the same as the role name.
String	getRolename()	Return the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.
abstract UserDatabase	getUserDatabase()	Return the UserDatabase within which this Role is defined.
void	setDescription(String description)	Set the description of this role.
void	setRolename(String rolename)	Set the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, hashCode, implies, toString

Field Details

description

protected String description

The description of this Role.

rolename

protected String rolename

The role name of this Role.

Constructor Details

AbstractRole

public AbstractRole()

Method Details

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Return the description of this role.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Role

Returns:

the description of this role.

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

Set the description of this role.

Specified by:

setDescription in interface Role

Parameters:

description - The new description

getRolename

public String getRolename()

Return the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

Specified by:

getRolename in interface Role

Returns:

the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

setRolename

public void setRolename(String rolename)

Set the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

Specified by:

setRolename in interface Role

Parameters:

rolename - The new role name

getUserDatabase

public abstract UserDatabase getUserDatabase()

Return the UserDatabase within which this Role is defined.

Specified by:

getUserDatabase in interface Role

Returns:

the UserDatabase within which this Role is defined.

getName

public String getName()

Make the principal name the same as the role name.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal