libjava/java/security/AccessControlException.java

/* AccessControlException.java -- Permission is denied
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package java.security;

/**
 * This exception is thrown when the <code>AccessController</code> denies
 * an attempt to perform an operation.
 *
 * @version 0.0
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 */
public class AccessControlException extends SecurityException
{
  /**
   * The <code>Permission</code> associated with this exception
   */
  private Permission perm;

  /**
   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>AccessControlException</code>
   * with a descriptive error message.  There will be no <code>Permission</code>
   * object associated with this exception.
   *
   * @param msg The descriptive error message
   */
  public AccessControlException(String msg)
  {
    super(msg);
  }

  /**
   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>AccessControlException</code>
   * with a descriptive error message and an instance of <code>Permission</code>
   * that is the permission that caused the exception to be thrown.
   *
   * @param msg The descriptive error message
   * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> object that caused this exception.
   */
  public AccessControlException(String msg, Permission perm)
  {
    super(msg);
    this.perm = perm;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the <code>Permission</code> object that caused
   * this exception to be thrown.
   *
   * @return The requested <code>Permission</code> object, or <code>null</code> if none is available.
   */
  public Permission getPermission()
  {
    return (perm);
  }
}