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
@NotNull 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

@NotNull
@NotNull java.lang.String getPath()
                                    throws RepositoryException

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

Returns:

the path of the Item that corresponds to this Principal.

Throws:

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