/*
 * Copyright 2012-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
 *
 * This file is part of Thermostat.
 *
 * Thermostat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */

package com.redhat.thermostat.web.server.auth;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.security.Principal;
import java.security.acl.Group;

/**
 * Base class for all thermostat roles.
 * 
 * To be precise, every {@link Principal} which does NOT have the same name
 * as the currently logged in user, are BasicRole principals. The name of a
 * Principal is defined by {@link Principal#getName()}.
 *
 */
public abstract class BasicRole implements Group, Serializable {
    
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4572772782292794645L;
    protected String name;
    
    public BasicRole(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * Compares two BasicRoles.
     * 
     * @return true if and only if other is a BasicRole and its name is the same
     *         as this role.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object other) {
        if (!(other instanceof BasicRole)) {
            return false;
        }
        String otherName = ((Principal) other).getName();
        boolean equals = false;
        if (name == null) {
            equals = otherName == null;
        } else {
            equals = name.equals(otherName);
        }
        return equals;
    }
    
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return (name == null ? 0 : name.hashCode());
    }
    
    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
}

