This interface represents a principal. A principal can be an
individual, a corporation, a program thread; anything which can
have an identity. See the ACL
white paper for more information.
Returns a string representation of this principal.
equals
public abstract boolean equals(Object another)
Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true
if the object passed in matches the principal represented by
the implementation of this interface.
Parameters:
another - the principal to compare with.
Returns:
true if
the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by
this principal, false otherwise.