org.jboss.security.identity

Interface Identity

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleIdentity

public interface Identity
extends Serializable

Identity of an entity (user, process etc)

Since:

Nov 16, 2007

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Group	asGroup() Return a Group only if it has been set
Principal	asPrincipal() Returns a Principal only if it set
String	getName() Get the name of the identity
Role	getRole() Get the Role (Role or RoleGroup)

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Get the name of the identity

Returns:

getRole

Role getRole()

Get the Role (Role or RoleGroup)

Returns:

asGroup

Group asGroup()

Return a Group only if it has been set

Returns:

asPrincipal

Principal asPrincipal()

Returns a Principal only if it set

Returns: