Package io.milton.principal

Interface Principal

All Known Subinterfaces:
CalDavPrincipal, CardDavPrincipal, DavPrincipal, DirectoryGatewayCardDavPrincipal, DiscretePrincipal
All Known Implementing Classes:
DavPrincipals.AbstractDavPrincipal, DavPrincipals.AllDavPrincipal, DavPrincipals.AuthenticatedDavPrincipal, DavPrincipals.UnAuthenticatedDavPrincipal
public interface Principal
Marker interface to identify those classes which can act as a Principal. This can be a user or a group An absolute minimum requirement for a Principal is to be able to identify it, and this is represented by the sole method on this interface which is getIdentifier. Note that some Principals are defined by the webdav protocol so must be subject to explicit processing requirements. For this reason the principle identifier is a structured type which can be associated with a namespace and well known names within that namespace. There are 2 types of Principal - Discrete: identifies a particular resource, which might be a user or group. Users are always discrete, groups may be physical resources in which case they are represented as discrete resources. But groups may also be dynamically evaluated.. - DAV: a dynamically evaluated group as defined by the ACL spec. Eg the Authenticated group matches any user with an authenticated request. A dynamically evaluated group defined by the protocol is not a physical resource do does not have a corresponding href

  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested Classes
    Modifier and Type
    Interface
    Description
    static interface 
    Principal.PrincipleId
    A principleId represents a unique identifier for a principle.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Principal.PrincipleId
    getIdenitifer()
    A means to identify the principle to webdav clients

  • Method Details

    • getIdenitifer

      Principal.PrincipleId getIdenitifer()
      A means to identify the principle to webdav clients
      Returns: