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 *
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 *
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 *
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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;
    }
}