org.apache.catalina

## Interface Role

- All Superinterfaces:
    Principal
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractRole, MemoryRole

      public interface Role
      extends Principal

  Abstract representation of a security role, suitable for use in environments like JAAS that want to deal with `Principals`.

  Since:
    4.1
  Author:
    Craig R. McClanahan

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `String` | `getDescription()` Return the description of this role.
    `String` | `getRolename()` Return the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a `UserDatabase`.
    `UserDatabase` | `getUserDatabase()` Return the `UserDatabase` within which this Role is defined.
    `void` | `setDescription(String description)` Set the description of this role.
    `void` | `setRolename(String rolename)` Set 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, toString`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getDescription

          String getDescription()

      Return the description of this role.

    - #### setDescription

          void setDescription(String description)

      Set the description of this role.
      Parameters:
        `description` - The new description

    - #### getRolename

          String getRolename()

      Return the role name of this role, which must be unique within the scope of a `UserDatabase`.

    - #### setRolename

          void setRolename(String rolename)

      Set 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()

      Return the `UserDatabase` within which this Role is defined.

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