Interface Role

All Superinterfaces:

Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRole, GenericRole, MemoryRole

public interface Role
extends Principal

Abstract representation of a security role, suitable for use in environments like JAAS that want to deal with Principals.

Since:

4.1

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDescription()
String	getRolename()
UserDatabase	getUserDatabase()
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 interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

Method Details

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns:

the description of this role.

setDescription

void setDescription(String description)

Set the description of this role.

Parameters:

description - The new description

getRolename

String getRolename()

Returns:

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

setRolename

void setRolename(String rolename)

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

Parameters:

rolename - The new role name

getUserDatabase

UserDatabase getUserDatabase()

Returns:

the UserDatabase within which this Role is defined.