This interface represents any entity that may serve as a principal in a cryptographic transaction of any kind. A Principal may represent an individual, a computer, or an organization, for example.

public interface Principal {
// Public Instance Methods
     boolean equals(Object another);  
     String getName( );  
     int hashCode( );  
     String toString( );  
}

Implementations

Identity, javax.security.auth.kerberos.KerberosPrincipal, javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal

Passed To

IdentityScope.getIdentity( ), ProtectionDomain.ProtectionDomain( ), javax.net.ssl.X509ExtendedKeyManager.{chooseEngineClientAlias( ), chooseEngineServerAlias( )}, javax.net.ssl.X509KeyManager.{chooseClientAlias( ), chooseServerAlias( ), getClientAliases( ), getServerAliases( )}

Returned By

java.net.SecureCacheResponse.{getLocalPrincipal( ), getPeerPrincipal( )}, java.security.Certificate.{getGuarantor( ), getPrincipal( )}, ProtectionDomain.getPrincipals( ), java.security.cert.X509Certificate.{getIssuerDN( ), getSubjectDN( )}, java.security.cert.X509CRL.getIssuerDN( ), javax.net.ssl.HandshakeCompletedEvent.{getLocalPrincipal( ), getPeerPrincipal( )}, javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.{getLocalPrincipal( ), getPeerPrincipal( )}, javax.net.ssl.SSLSession.{getLocalPrincipal( ), getPeerPrincipal( )}