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    Principal
    interface Principal
    
    
      
        
          
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                    | Group | 
                    
                       This interface is used to represent a group of principals. 
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                    | Identity | 
                    
                       This class represents identities: real-world objects such as people, companies or organizations whose identities can be authenticated using their public keys. 
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                    | UserPrincipal | 
                    
                       A Principal representing an identity used to determine access rights to objects in a file system. 
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                    | X500Principal | 
                    
                        This class represents an X. 
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                    | GroupPrincipal | 
                    
                       A UserPrincipal representing a group identity, used to determine access rights to objects in a file system. 
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                    | IdentityScope | 
                    
                       This class represents a scope for identities. 
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                    | Signer | 
                    
                       This class is used to represent an Identity that can also digitally sign data. 
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    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.
    Summary
    
      
        
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          | abstract String! | 
          
            
             Returns the name of this principal. 
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          | open Boolean | 
          
            
             Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal. 
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    Public methods
    
      getName
      
      abstract fun getName(): String!
      Returns the name of this principal.
      
        
          
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            String! | 
            the name of this principal. | 
          
        
      
     
    
      implies
      
      open fun implies(subject: Subject!): Boolean
      Returns true if the specified subject is implied by this principal.
      
        
          
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            subject | 
            Subject!: the Subject | 
          
        
      
      
        
          
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            Boolean | 
            true if subject is non-null and is implied by this principal, or false otherwise. | 
          
        
      
     
  
  
  
    
  
 
  
    
      
      
    
    
      
    
    
  
       
    
    
      
    
  
  
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