javax.security

Class CallerPrincipal

java.lang.Object

javax.security.CallerPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Principal

public class CallerPrincipal
extends Object
implements Principal

Principal that represents the caller principal associated with the invocation being processed by the container (e.g. the current HTTP request).

When JSR 375 authentication is used this type, or a sub-type thereof, is what should be returned by other Java EE platform APIs, such as HttpServletRequest.getUserPrincipal()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CallerPrincipal(String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() The name of the caller

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, hashCode, implies, toString

Constructor Detail

CallerPrincipal

public CallerPrincipal(String name)

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

The name of the caller

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

name of the caller