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package org.glassfish.security.common;
/**
* In EJBs, ACL checking is done using the Roles. Roles are an abstraction
* of an application specific Logical Principals. These Principals do not
* have any properties of Principals within a Security Domain (or Realm).
* They merely serve as abstraction to application specific entities.
* @author Harish Prabandham
*/
public class Role extends PrincipalImpl {
private String description;
/** Creates a new Role with a given name */
public Role(String name) {
super(name);
}
public boolean equals(Object other) {
boolean ret = false;
if(other instanceof Role) {
ret = getName().equals(((Role)other).getName());
}
return ret;
}
public int hashCode() {
return getName().hashCode();
}
public String getDescription() {
if (this.description == null) {
this.description = "";
}
return this.description;
}
public void setDescription(String description) {
this.description = description;
}
}