/*
 * Entity.java
 */

package edu.stanford.peer.rbtm.credential;

import java.io.*;
//import java.security.*;

/**
 * An object of the Entity class represents an entity (or a principal) in RBTM.
 */
public class SimpleEntity implements Entity
{
    private String    _name;

    public SimpleEntity(String n) 
    { 
        _name = n; 
/* 
        // code to gegerate public key
        KeyPairGenerator keyGen = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("DSA", "SUN");
        SecureRandom random = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG", "SUN");

        keyGen.initialize(1024, random);

        KeyPair pair = keyGen.generateKeyPair();
        PrivateKey priv = pair.getPrivate();
        PublicKey pub = pair.getPublic();
*/
    }

    public String getName()     { return _name; }

    public String toString()     { return _name;  }

    public int hashCode()         { return _name.hashCode(); }

    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        return ((o instanceof SimpleEntity) 
		       && _name.equals(((SimpleEntity)o)._name));
    }

    public int compareTo(Object o) {
        return _name.compareTo(((SimpleEntity)o)._name);
    }

    //public java.security.PublicKey getPublicKey() { return null; }
}