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package sun.security.jgss.spi;
import org.ietf.jgss.*;
import java.security.Provider;
/**
* This interface is implemented by a mechanism specific name element. A
* GSSName is conceptually a container class of several name elements from
* different mechanisms.
*
* @author Mayank Upadhyay
*/
public interface GSSNameSpi {
public Provider getProvider();
/**
* Equals method for the GSSNameSpi objects.
* If either name denotes an anonymous principal, the call should
* return false.
*
* @param name to be compared with
* @return true if they both refer to the same entity, else false
* @exception GSSException with major codes of BAD_NAMETYPE,
* BAD_NAME, FAILURE
*/
public boolean equals(GSSNameSpi name) throws GSSException;
/**
* Compares this <code>GSSNameSpi</code> object to another Object
* that might be a <code>GSSNameSpi</code>. The behaviour is exactly
* the same as in {@link #equals(GSSNameSpi) equals} except that
* no GSSException is thrown; instead, false will be returned in the
* situation where an error occurs.
*
* @param another the object to be compared to
* @return true if they both refer to the same entity, else false
* @see #equals(GSSNameSpi)
*/
public boolean equals(Object another);
/**
* Returns a hashcode value for this GSSNameSpi.
*
* @return a hashCode value
*/
public int hashCode();
/**
* Returns a flat name representation for this object. The name
* format is defined in RFC 2078.
*
* @return the flat name representation for this object
* @exception GSSException with major codes NAME_NOT_MN, BAD_NAME,
* BAD_NAME, FAILURE.
*/
public byte[] export() throws GSSException;
/**
* Get the mechanism type that this NameElement corresponds to.
*
* @return the Oid of the mechanism type
*/
public Oid getMechanism();
/**
* Returns a string representation for this name. The printed
* name type can be obtained by calling getStringNameType().
*
* @return string form of this name
* @see #getStringNameType()
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