BasicPermission JDK 1.6)

Description

publicabstract abstract class BasicPermission

The BasicPermission class extends the Permission class, and can be used as the base class for permissions that want to follow the same naming convention as BasicPermission.

See also: Permission Permissions PermissionCollection RuntimePermission SecurityPermission PropertyPermission AWTPermission NetPermission SecurityManager

Constructors

public BasicPermission (String name)

Creates a new BasicPermission with the specified name.

Creates a new BasicPermission with the specified name.
Name is the symbolic name of the permission, such as
"setFactory",
"print.queueJob", or "topLevelWindow", etc.
Parameters:
- name - the name of the BasicPermission.
Throws:
- NullPointerException - if name is null.
- IllegalArgumentException - if name is empty.

public BasicPermission (String name, String actions)

Creates a new BasicPermission object with the specified name.

Creates a new BasicPermission object with the specified name.
The name is the symbolic name of the BasicPermission, and the
actions String is currently unused.
Parameters:
- name - the name of the BasicPermission.
- actions - ignored.
Throws:
- NullPointerException - if name is null.
- IllegalArgumentException - if name is empty.

Methods

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public void checkGuard (Object object) throws SecurityException [Inherited From Permission]

Implements the guard interface for a permission.

Implements the guard interface for a permission. The
SecurityManager.checkPermission method is called,
passing this permission object as the permission to check.
Returns silently if access is granted. Otherwise, throws
a SecurityException.
Parameters:
- object - the object being guarded (currently ignored).
Throws:
- SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkPermission method doesn't allow access.
See Also: Guard, GuardedObject, SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission),

public boolean equals (Object obj) [Specified in Permission]

Checks two BasicPermission objects for equality.

public String getActions () [Specified in Permission]

Returns the canonical string representation of the actions, which currently is the empty string "", since there are no actions for a BasicPermission.

pack-privatefinal String getCanonicalName ()

Returns the canonical name of this BasicPermission.

publicfinal String getName () [Inherited From Permission]

Returns the name of this Permission.

Returns the name of this Permission.
For example, in the case of a java.io.FilePermission,
the name will be a pathname.
Returns: the name of this Permission.

public int hashCode () [Specified in Permission]

Returns the hash code value for this object.

Returns the hash code value for this object.
The hash code used is the hash code of the name, that is,
getName().hashCode(), where getName is
from the Permission superclass.
Returns: a hash code value for this object.

public boolean implies (Permission p) [Specified in Permission]

Checks if the specified permission is "implied" by this object.

public PermissionCollection newPermissionCollection () [Overrides Permission]

Returns a new PermissionCollection object for storing BasicPermission objects.

public String toString () [Inherited From Permission]

Returns a string describing this Permission.