Name

Interface com.sun.security.auth.PrincipalComparator

Synopsis

Classes that implement the Principal interface for use with a login module may also implement this interface to support group or role operations. Sun’s implementation of the javax.security.auth.Policy class tests to see if principals implement this interface; if they do, it checks to see if one particular principal implies another. A Solaris subject that contains a principal with a UID of 0, for example, implies a Solaris principal with any other UID.

Interface Definition

public interface com.sun.security.auth.PrincipalComparator {

    // Instance Methods
    public boolean implies(Subject);
}

See also

javax.security.auth.Policy. javax.security.auth.Subject

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