org.eclipse.stardust.engine.core.compatibility.spi.security

Interface PrincipalNameProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPrincipalNameProvider

public interface PrincipalNameProvider

Author:

born

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName(Principal principal) Provides the name for a given principal.

Method Detail

getName

String getName(Principal principal)

Provides the name for a given principal. Default implementation would be to return principal.getName(). It is possible to test for a certain implementation and use method fo these implementation in order to return a more specific name for the given principal.

Parameters:

principal - the principal

Returns:

the name of the principal. Not allowed to be null.