PrincipalHolder (omero-server 5.5.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CurrentDetails
```
public interface PrincipalHolder
```
Stack of active Principal instances. As a user logs in, an empty context is created which must later be primed by the SecuritySystem in order to be operational.

See Also:

BasicSecuritySystem

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ome.system.Principal`	`getLast()`	Get the last, i.e.
`void`	`login(BasicEventContext bec)`	Allow logging in directly with an event context.
`void`	`login(ome.system.Principal principal)`	Add a new principal context to the stack.
`int`	`logout()`	Pop the last created principal context and return the number of active contexts remaining.
`int`	`size()`	Get the number of active principal contexts.

- Method Detail
  - size
```
int size()
```
    Get the number of active principal contexts.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of active principals
  - getLast
```
ome.system.Principal getLast()
```
    Get the last, i.e. currently active, principal.
    
    Returns:
    
    the current principal
  - login
```
void login(ome.system.Principal principal)
```
    Add a new principal context to the stack.
    
    Parameters:
    
    principal - the principal to add
  - login
```
void login(BasicEventContext bec)
```
    Allow logging in directly with an event context.
    
    Parameters:
    
    bec - the event context to use
  - logout
```
int logout()
```
    Pop the last created principal context and return the number of active contexts remaining.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of active principals after the logout