public interface Principal
X509Certificate| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| boolean | equals(Object another)Compares this principal to the specified object. | 
| String | getName()Returns the name of this principal. | 
| int | hashCode()Returns a hashcode for this principal. | 
| default boolean | implies(Subject subject)Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal. | 
| String | toString()Returns a string representation of this principal. | 
boolean equals(Object another)
equals in class Objectanother - principal to compare with.Object.hashCode(), 
HashMapString toString()
int hashCode()
hashCode in class ObjectObject.equals(java.lang.Object), 
System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)String getName()
default boolean implies(Subject subject)
The default implementation of this method returns true if
 subject is non-null and contains at least one principal that
 is equal to this principal.
 
Subclasses may override this with a different implementation, if necessary.
subject - the Subjectsubject is non-null and is
              implied by this principal, or false otherwise. Submit a bug or feature 
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