Package java.security

Class Permission

java.lang.Object

java.security.Permission

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Guard

Direct Known Subclasses:

AllPermission, BasicPermission, FilePermission, PrivateCredentialPermission, SocketPermission, UnresolvedPermission

public abstract class Permission
extends Object
implements Guard, Serializable

Legacy security code; do not use.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Permission(String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	checkGuard(Object obj)	Checks whether access to the specified Object should be granted.
abstract String	getActions()
String	getName()
abstract boolean	implies(Permission permission)
PermissionCollection	newPermissionCollection()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Permission

public Permission(String name)

Method Details

getName

public final String getName()

checkGuard

public void checkGuard(Object obj) throws SecurityException

Description copied from interface: Guard

Checks whether access to the specified Object should be granted. This method returns silently if access is granted, otherwise a SecurityException is thrown.

Specified by:

checkGuard in interface Guard

Parameters:

obj - the object to be protected by this Guard.

Throws:

SecurityException - if access is not granted.

newPermissionCollection

public PermissionCollection newPermissionCollection()

getActions

public abstract String getActions()

implies

public abstract boolean implies(Permission permission)