/**@class java.security.Principal This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a corporation, and a login id. @see java.security.cert.X509Certificate @author Li Gong */ var Principal = { /**Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true if the object passed in matches the principal represented by the implementation of this interface. @param {Object {Object}} another principal to compare with. @return {Boolean} true if the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise. */ equals : function( ) {}, /**Returns a string representation of this principal. @return {String} a string representation of this principal. */ toString : function( ) {}, /**Returns a hashcode for this principal. @return {Number} a hashcode for this principal. */ hashCode : function( ) {}, /**Returns the name of this principal. @return {String} the name of this principal. */ getName : function( ) {}, /**Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal. <p>The default implementation of this method returns true if {@code subject} is non-null and contains at least one principal that is equal to this principal. <p>Subclasses may override this with a different implementation, if necessary. @param {Object {Subject}} subject the {@code Subject} @return {Boolean} true if {@code subject} is non-null and is implied by this principal, or false otherwise. @since 1.8 */ implies : function( ) {}, };