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Principal
interface Principal
Known Direct Subclasses | Group | This interface is used to represent a group of principals. | | Identity | This class represents identities: real-world objects such as people, companies or organizations whose identities can be authenticated using their public keys. | | UserPrincipal | A Principal representing an identity used to determine access rights to objects in a file system. | | X500Principal | This class represents an X. | |
Known Indirect Subclasses | GroupPrincipal | A UserPrincipal representing a group identity, used to determine access rights to objects in a file system. | | IdentityScope | This class represents a scope for identities. | | Signer | This class is used to represent an Identity that can also digitally sign data. | |
This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a corporation, and a login id.
Summary
| Public methods |
| abstract String! | Returns the name of this principal. |
| open Boolean | Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal. |
Public methods
getName
abstract fun getName(): String!
Returns the name of this principal.
| Return |
String! | the name of this principal. |
implies
open fun implies(subject: Subject!): Boolean
Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal.
| Parameters |
subject | Subject!: the Subject |
| Return |
Boolean | true if subject is non-null and is implied by this principal, or false otherwise. |
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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