org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.principal

Interface ItemBasedPrincipal

All Superinterfaces:

JackrabbitPrincipal, java.security.Principal

public interface ItemBasedPrincipal
extends JackrabbitPrincipal

ItemBasedPrincipal is a Principal having a corresponding item within the JCR repository. In addition to the methods inherited from the Principal interface it therefore provides a getPath() method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getPath() Returns the JCR path of the item that corresponds to this Principal.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

Method Detail

getPath

java.lang.String getPath()
                  throws RepositoryException

Returns the JCR path of the item that corresponds to this Principal.

Returns:

the path of the javax.jcr.Item that corresponds to this Principal.

Throws:

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