Role (Apache Tomcat 10.1.56 API Documentation)

All Superinterfaces:

java.security.Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRole, GenericRole, MemoryRole
```
public interface Role
extends java.security.Principal
```
Abstract representation of a security role, suitable for use in environments like JAAS that want to deal with Principals.

Since:

4.1

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription()`	Gets the description of this role.
`java.lang.String`	`getRolename()`	Gets the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a `UserDatabase`.
`UserDatabase`	`getUserDatabase()`	Gets the `UserDatabase` within which this Role is defined.
`void`	`setDescription(java.lang.String description)`	Sets the description of this role.
`void`	`setRolename(java.lang.String rolename)`	Sets the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a `UserDatabase`.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal
equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

- Method Detail
  - getDescription
```
java.lang.String getDescription()
```
    Gets the description of this role.
    
    Returns:
    
    The description of this role
  - setDescription
```
void setDescription(java.lang.String description)
```
    Sets the description of this role.
    
    Parameters:
    
    description - The new description
  - getRolename
```
java.lang.String getRolename()
```
    Gets the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.
    
    Returns:
    
    The role name
  - setRolename
```
void setRolename(java.lang.String rolename)
```
    Sets the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rolename - The new role name
  - getUserDatabase
```
UserDatabase getUserDatabase()
```
    Gets the UserDatabase within which this Role is defined.
    
    Returns:
    
    The UserDatabase within which this Role is defined