org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.principal
Interface ItemBasedPrincipal

All Superinterfaces:

JackrabbitPrincipal, java.security.Principal

public interface ItemBasedPrincipal
extends JackrabbitPrincipal

ItemBasedPrincipal is a Principal that is persisted as item within the repository. In addition to the methods inherited from the Principal interface it therefore provides a getPath() method.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getPath()

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, toString

Method Detail

getPath

java.lang.String getPath()
                         throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns:

the path of the Item that represents this Principal.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - If an error occurs while retrieving the Item path.