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25 
26 package sun.security.jgss.spi;
27 
28 import org.ietf.jgss.*;
29 import java.security.Provider;
30 
31 /**
32  * This interface is implemented by a mechanism specific name element. A
33  * GSSName is conceptually a container class of several name elements from
34  * different mechanisms.
35  *
36  * @author Mayank Upadhyay
37  */
38 
39 public interface GSSNameSpi {
40 
getProvider()41     public Provider getProvider();
42 
43     /**
44      * Equals method for the GSSNameSpi objects.
45      * If either name denotes an anonymous principal, the call should
46      * return false.
47      *
48      * @param name to be compared with
49      * @return true if they both refer to the same entity, else false
50      * @exception GSSException with major codes of BAD_NAMETYPE,
51      *    BAD_NAME, FAILURE
52      */
equals(GSSNameSpi name)53     public boolean equals(GSSNameSpi name) throws GSSException;
54 
55     /**
56      * Compares this <code>GSSNameSpi</code> object to another Object
57      * that might be a <code>GSSNameSpi</code>. The behaviour is exactly
58      * the same as in {@link #equals(GSSNameSpi) equals} except that
59      * no GSSException is thrown; instead, false will be returned in the
60      * situation where an error occurs.
61      *
62      * @param another the object to be compared to
63      * @return true if they both refer to the same entity, else false
64      * @see #equals(GSSNameSpi)
65      */
equals(Object another)66     public boolean equals(Object another);
67 
68     /**
69      * Returns a hashcode value for this GSSNameSpi.
70      *
71      * @return a hashCode value
72      */
hashCode()73     public int hashCode();
74 
75     /**
76      * Returns a flat name representation for this object. The name
77      * format is defined in RFC 2078.
78      *
79      * @return the flat name representation for this object
80      * @exception GSSException with major codes NAME_NOT_MN, BAD_NAME,
81      *    BAD_NAME, FAILURE.
82      */
export()83     public byte[] export() throws GSSException;
84 
85 
86     /**
87      * Get the mechanism type that this NameElement corresponds to.
88      *
89      * @return the Oid of the mechanism type
90      */
getMechanism()91     public Oid getMechanism();
92 
93     /**
94      * Returns a string representation for this name. The printed
95      * name type can be obtained by calling getStringNameType().
96      *
97      * @return string form of this name
98      * @see #getStringNameType()
99      * @overrides Object#toString
100      */
toString()101     public String toString();
102 
103 
104     /**
105      * Returns the oid describing the format of the printable name.
106      *
107      * @return the Oid for the format of the printed name
108      */
getStringNameType()109     public Oid getStringNameType();
110 
111     /**
112      * Indicates if this name object represents an Anonymous name.
113      */
isAnonymousName()114     public boolean isAnonymousName();
115 }
116