org.jboss.security.identity
Interface Identity

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

CertificateIdentity, CredentialIdentity<T>, KerberosIdentity<T>, OpenIdIdentity<T>, SAMLIdentity<T>, WSTrustIdentity<T>

public interface Identity
extends java.io.Serializable

Identity of an entity (user, process etc)

Since:

Nov 16, 2007

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com

Method Summary

java.security.acl.Group	asGroup() Return a Group only if it has been set
java.security.Principal	asPrincipal() Returns a Principal only if it set
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of the identity
Role	getRole() Get the Role (Role or RoleGroup)

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of the identity

Returns:

getRole

Role getRole()

Get the Role (Role or RoleGroup)

Returns:

asGroup

java.security.acl.Group asGroup()

Return a Group only if it has been set

Returns:

asPrincipal

java.security.Principal asPrincipal()

Returns a Principal only if it set

Returns: