com.ibm.as400.security.auth
Interface AS400BasicAuthenticationPrincipal

All Superinterfaces:

Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

UserProfilePrincipal

public interface AS400BasicAuthenticationPrincipal

extends Principal

The AS400BasicAuthenticationPrincipal interface defines i5/OS principals that can be exploited by authentication services that rely on basic user and password authentication.

Method Summary

String	getUserProfileName() Returns the user profile name.
void	initialize(String name) Initializes a principal for the local i5/OS system based on the given user profile name.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, toString

Method Detail

getUserProfileName

public String getUserProfileName()

Returns the user profile name.

Returns:

A String containing the name; empty if not assigned.

initialize

public void initialize(String name)
                throws Exception

Initializes a principal for the local i5/OS system based on the given user profile name.

Parameters:

name - The profile name.

Throws:

Exception - If an exception occurs.