simple.util.net
Interface Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:
PrincipalParser

public interface Principal

The Principal interface is used to describe a user that has a name and password. This should not be confused with the java.security.Principal interface which does not provide getPassword.

Author:
Niall Gallagher

Method Summary
 java.lang.String getName()
          The getName method is used to retreive the name of the principal.
 java.lang.String getPassword()
          The getPassword method is used to retreive the password of the principal.
 

Method Detail

getPassword

java.lang.String getPassword()
The getPassword method is used to retreive the password of the principal. This is the password tag in the RFC 2616 Authorization credentials expression.

Returns:
this returns the password for this principal

getName

java.lang.String getName()
The getName method is used to retreive the name of the principal. This is the name tag in the RFC 2616 Authorization credentials expression.

Returns:
this returns the name of this principal