org.talos.model
Class Subject

java.lang.Object
  org.talos.model.Subject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Subject>, NamedObject

public class Subject
extends Object
implements NamedObject, Comparable<Subject>

This class represents a Subject. A Subject is an entity that can be granted permissions on secure objects and categories. It is identified by its name, so you can't have two subjects with the same name in a system. The proper way to work with subjects is through the SubjectContainer.

See Also:

SubjectContainer

Constructor Summary

protected	Subject() Empty constructor used by Hibernate.
	Subject(String name) Public constructor that receives a name.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Subject subject) This comparator uses the attribute name, to compare strings, this method uses compareToIgnoreCase
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getName() Gets the name of the object
int	hashCode()
protected void	setName(String name) Sets the name of the subject.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Subject

protected Subject()

Empty constructor used by Hibernate.

Subject

public Subject(String name)

Public constructor that receives a name. The name must be not null.

Parameters:

name - the name for the subject

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: NamedObject

Gets the name of the object

Specified by:

getName in interface NamedObject

Returns:

the name of the object

setName

protected void setName(String name)

Sets the name of the subject.

Parameters:

name - the name of the subject

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(Subject subject)

This comparator uses the attribute name, to compare strings, this method uses compareToIgnoreCase

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Subject>

Parameters:

subject - subject to compare

Returns:

1 if subject is null or if this.name is greater than subject.getName() 0 if this.name == null and subject.getName() == null or if both strings are equals -1 if subject.getName() is greater than this.name