spki.interfaces
Interface Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

Hash, PublicKey

public interface Principal

extends SPKIObject, SubjCapabilityObj, SubjNameObj, SubjRoleObj, SubjTransferObj, SubjAttributeObj, SubjACL, SeqEntry

spki Principal interface.

Formal definitions:

 <principal>:: <pub-key> | <hash-of-key> ;
 



Version: 
$Id: Principal.java,v 1.4 2002/05/12 01:25:02 tep Exp $
Author: 
Tep Narula <tep@win.trlabs.ca>
















Method Summary




 boolean
equals(Principal that)



          Compare this object with another principal.



 Principal
toHashPrincipal()



          Convert this principal into a hash representation.


 











Method Detail



equals
public boolean equals(Principal that)

Compare this object with another principal.




Parameters:
that - a principal to compare with.
Returns:
true if the two principals are equal,
 false otherwise.





toHashPrincipal
public Principal toHashPrincipal()
                          throws SPKIException

Convert this principal into a hash representation.




Returns:
the hash representation of this principal.
Throws:
SPKIException - if something went wrong during conversion.