Package com.ibm.as400.security.auth

Interface AS400BasicAuthenticationPrincipal

All Superinterfaces:

Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

UserProfilePrincipal

public interface AS400BasicAuthenticationPrincipal
extends Principal

The AS400BasicAuthenticationPrincipal interface defines IBM i principals that can be exploited by authentication services that rely on basic user and password authentication.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getUserProfileName()	Returns the user profile name.
void	initialize(String name)	Initializes a principal for the local IBM i system based on the given user profile name.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

Method Detail

getUserProfileName

String getUserProfileName()

Returns the user profile name.

Returns:

A String containing the name; empty if not assigned.

initialize

void initialize(String name)
         throws Exception

Initializes a principal for the local IBM i system based on the given user profile name.

Parameters:

name - The profile name.

Throws:

Exception - If an exception occurs.