libjava/java/lang/RuntimePermission.java

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package java.lang;

import java.security.*;

/**
 * A <code>RuntimePermission</code> contains a permission name, but no
 * actions list.  This means you either have the permission or you don't.
 *
 * Permission names have the follow the hierarchial property naming
 * convention.  In addition, an asterisk may appear at the end of a 
 * name if following a period or by itself.
 *
 * <table border=1>
 * <tr><th>Valid names</th><th>Invalid names</th></tr>
 * <tr><td>"accessClassInPackage.*","*"</td>
 * <td>"**", "*x", "*.a"</td></tr>
 * </table>
 * <br> 
 * 
 * The following table provides a list of all the possible RuntimePermission
 * permission names with a description of what that permission allows.
 * <br>
 * <table border=1>
 * <tr><th>Permission Name</th><th>Permission Allows</th></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>createClassLoader</code></td>
 *   <td>creation of a class loader</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>getClassLoader</code></td>
 *   <td>retrieval of the class loader for the calling class</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>setContextClassLoader</code></td>
 *   <td>allows the setting of the context class loader used by a 
 *       thread including system threads</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>setSecurityManager</code></td>
 *   <td>allows the application to replace the security manager with
 *       another, possibly less restrictive one.</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>createSecurityManager</code></td>
 *   <td>allows the application to create a new security manager</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>exitVM</code></td>
 *   <td>allows the application to halt the virtual machine</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>setFactory</code></td>
 *   <td>allows the application to set the socket factory for socket, 
 *       server socket, stream handler, or RMI socket factory.</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>setIO</code></td>
 *   <td>allows the application to set System.out, System.in, and 
 *       System.err</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>modifyThread</code></td>
 *   <td>allows the application to modify any thread in the virtual machine
 *       using any of the methods <code>stop</code>, <code>resume</code>,
 *       <code>suspend</code>, <code>setPriority</code>, and 
 *       <code>setName</code> of classs <code>Thread</code></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>stopThread</code></td>
 *   <td>allows the application to <code>stop</code> any thread it has
 *       access to in the system</td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>modifyThreadGroup</td>
 *   <td>allows the application to modify thread groups using any of the
 *       methods <code>destroy</code>, <code>resume</code>, 
 *       <code>setDaemon</code>, <code>setMaxPriority</code>, 
 *       <code>stop</code>, and <code>suspend</code> of the class
 *       <code>ThreadGroup</code></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>getProtectionDomain</code></td>
 *   <td></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>readFileDescriptor</code></td>
 *   <td></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>writeFileDescriptor</code</td>
 *   <td></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>loadLibrary.{library name}</code></td>
 *   <td></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>accessClassInPackage.{package name}</code></td>
 *   <td></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>defineClassInPackage.{package name}</code></td>
 *   <td></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>accessDeclaredMembers</code></td>
 *   <td></td></tr>
 * <tr>
 *   <td><code>queuePrintJob</code></td>
 *   <td></td></tr>
 * </table>
 * 
 * @since JDK 1.2
 * 
 * @author Brian Jones
 */
public final class RuntimePermission extends java.security.BasicPermission
{
  /**
   * 
   * @param permissionName the name of the granted permission
   * 
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException thrown if the name contains an invalid 
   * wildcard character
   */
  public RuntimePermission(String permissionName)
    {
      this(permissionName, null);
    }

  /**
   *
   * @param permissionName the name of the granted permission
   * @param actions this should always be null
   * 
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException throw if the name contains an invalid
   * wildcard character
   */
  public RuntimePermission(String permissionName, String actions)
    {
      super(permissionName, actions);
    }
}