libjava/java/security/ProtectionDomain.java

/* ProtectionDomain.java -- A security domain
   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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package java.security;

/**
 * This class represents a group of classes, along with the permissions
 * they are granted.  The classes are identified by a <code>CodeSource</code>.
 * Thus, any class loaded from the specified <code>CodeSource</code> is
 * treated as part of this domain.  The set of permissions is represented
 * by a <code>PermissionCollection</code>.
 * <p>
 * Every class in the system will belong to one and only one
 * <code>ProtectionDomain</code>.
 *
 * @version 0.0
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 */
public class ProtectionDomain
{
  private static final String linesep = System.getProperty("line.separator");

  /**
   * This is the <code>CodeSource</code> for this protection domain
   */
  private CodeSource code_source;

  /**
   * This is the set of permissions granted to this domain
   */
  private PermissionCollection perms;

  /**
   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>ProtectionDomain</code>
   * representing the specified <code>CodeSource</code> and permission set.
   * No permissions may be added to the <code>PermissionCollection</code>
   * and this contructor will call the <code>setReadOnly</code> method on
   * the specified permission set.
   *
   * @param code_source The <code>CodeSource</code> for this domain
   * @param perms The permission set for this domain
   *
   * @see java.security.PermissionCollection#setReadOnly()
   */
  public ProtectionDomain(CodeSource code_source, PermissionCollection perms)
  {
    this.code_source = code_source;
    this.perms = perms;
    if (perms != null)
      perms.setReadOnly();
  }

  /**
     * This method returns the <code>CodeSource</code> for this domain.
     *
     * @return This domain's <code>CodeSource</code>.
   */
  public final CodeSource getCodeSource()
  {
    return code_source;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the set of permissions granted to this domain.
   *
   * @return The permission set for this domain
   */
  public final PermissionCollection getPermissions()
  {
    return perms;
  }

  /**
   * This method tests whether or not the specified <code>Permission</code> is
   * implied by the set of permissions granted to this domain.
   *
   * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> to test.
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if the specified <code>Permission</code> is implied for this domain, <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  public boolean implies(Permission perm)
  {
    PermissionCollection pc = getPermissions();
    if (pc == null)
      return (false);

    return (pc.implies(perm));
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a <code>String</code> representation of this
   * object.  It will print the <code>CodeSource</code> and 
   * permission set associated with this domain.
   *
   * @return A <code>String</code> representation of this object.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");

    sb.append(super.toString() + " (" + linesep);
    sb.append(code_source.toString());
    sb.append(perms.toString());
    sb.append(")" + linesep);

    return sb.toString();
  }
}