org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal

Interface Principal

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Service, WebApplicationService

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractWebApplicationService, GoogleAccountsService, SamlService, SimplePrincipal, SimpleWebApplicationServiceImpl

public interface Principal
extends Serializable

Generic concept of an authenticated thing. Examples include a person or a service.

The implementation SimplePrincipal just contains the Id property. More complex Principal objects may contain additional information that are meaningful to the View layer but are generally transparent to the rest of CAS.

Since:

3.0

This is a published and supported CAS Server 3 API.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2007/04/19 20:13:01 $

Author:

Scott Battaglia

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<String,Object>	getAttributes()
String	getId() Returns the unique id for the Principal

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Returns the unique id for the Principal

Returns:

the unique id for the Principal.

getAttributes

Map<String,Object> getAttributes()

Returns: