com.sun.enterprise.deployment
Class Role

java.lang.Object
  org.glassfish.security.common.PrincipalImpl
      com.sun.enterprise.deployment.Role

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.security.Principal

public class Role
extends PrincipalImpl

In EJBs, ACL checking is done using the Roles. Roles are an abstraction of an application specific Logical Principals. These Principals do not have any properties of Principals within a Security Domain (or Realm). They merely serve as abstraction to application specific entities.

Author:

Harish Prabandham

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Role(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new Role with a given name

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other)
java.lang.String	getDescription()
void	setDescription(java.lang.String description)

Methods inherited from class org.glassfish.security.common.PrincipalImpl

getName, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Role

public Role(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new Role with a given name

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Specified by:

equals in interface java.security.Principal

Overrides:

equals in class PrincipalImpl

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)