On Sep 15, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Les Hazlewood wrote:
I propose that we add a 'getPrimaryPrincipal()' method to the PrincipalCollection interface. We regularly talk about the 'primary' principal, and it is referenced in many applications, but you need to resort to less-than-ideal ways of accessing it (see https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/shiro/trunk/core/src/main/java/org/apache/shiro/realm/AuthorizingRealm.java - 'getAvailablePrincipal' - at the bottom of the file). Most applications reference a single principal at runtime (e.g. user/account ID), and I think it would clean up code.
Isn't what is thought of the primary principal up to different interpretations? Some realms may want it one way and others another.
Regards, Alan
