PDPrincipal: method and constructor summary

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The PDPrincipal class implements the Principal interface and contains the credentials of an authenticated Verify Identity Access user.

See the Javadoc information in the Verify Identity Access Runtime for Java installation package for detailed documentation about this class.

Table 1. Methods and constructors for PDPrincipal class
Methods and Constructors	Description
PDPrincipal	Constructors that create an instance of the `PDPrincipal` class.

addAttribute	Returns a new `PDPrincipal` that contains the added credential attribute.
addAttrlist	Returns a new `PDPrincipal` that contains the modified credential attribute list.
addGroupMemberships	Returns a new `PDPrincipal` that adds these group memberships to the current `PDPrincipal`.
equals	Compares the specified Object with this `PDPrincipal` for equality.
getAttribute	Returns the values for the attribute.
getAttributeNames	Returns the attribute names in the credential attribute list.
getAttributeValue	Returns the value for the attribute.
getAttrlist	Returns a copy of the credential attribute list for this principal.
getEntitlements	Returns all the objects to which this `PDPrincipal` has the specified access.
getName	Returns a string name of this `PDPrincipal`.
getPAC	Obtains an architecture and network independent encoding of this principal.
hashCode	Returns a hash code for this `PDPrincipal`.
implies	Checks if whether the specified Subject is implied by this object.
readExternal	Reads the state of the `PDPrincipal` instance from a stream.
removeAttribute	Returns a new `PDPrincipal` that does not contain the named attribute.
removeGroupMemberships	Returns a new `PDPrincipal` that removes these group memberships from the current `PDPrincipal`.
setAttribute	Returns a new `PDPrincipal` that contains the modified attribute.
setAttrlist	Return a new `PDPrincipal` that contains the modified credential attribute list.
setContext	Sets the authorization context of this `PDPrincipal` instance.
toString	Returns a string representation of this `PDPrincipal`.
writeExternal	Saves the state of the `PDPrincipal` instance to a stream (that is, serializes it).