Since: API Level 1
public interface

Permission

java.security.acl.Permission

Class Overview

Legacy security code; do not use.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract boolean equals(Object another)
Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
abstract String toString()
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.

Public Methods

public abstract boolean equals (Object another)

Since: API Level 1

Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. In order to be equal, o must represent the same object as this instance using a class-specific comparison. The general contract is that this comparison should be reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. Also, no object reference other than null is equal to null.

The default implementation returns true only if this == o. See Writing a correct equals method if you intend implementing your own equals method.

The general contract for the equals and hashCode() methods is that if equals returns true for any two objects, then hashCode() must return the same value for these objects. This means that subclasses of Object usually override either both methods or neither of them.

Parameters
another the object to compare this instance with.
Returns
  • true if the specified object is equal to this Object; false otherwise.

public abstract String toString ()

Since: API Level 1

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method and provide an implementation that takes into account the object's type and data. The default implementation is equivalent to the following expression:

   getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

See Writing a useful toString method if you intend implementing your own toString method.

Returns
  • a printable representation of this object.