Source for java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission

   1: /* ReflectPermission.java - named permission for reflaction
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  37: 
  38: package java.lang.reflect;
  39: 
  40: import java.security.BasicPermission;
  41: 
  42: /* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
  43:  * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
  44:  * plus online API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
  45:  */
  46: 
  47: /**
  48:  * This class implements permissions for reflection.  This is a named
  49:  * permission, and the only defined name is suppressAccessChecks, which
  50:  * allows suppression of normal Java objects when using reflection.
  51:  *
  52:  * <table>
  53:  *  <tr>
  54:  *   <th>Permission Target Name</th>
  55:  *   <th>What Permission Allows</th>
  56:  *   <th>Risk of Allowing Permission</th>
  57:  *  </tr>
  58:  *  <tr>
  59:  *   <td><code>suppressAccessChecks</code></td>
  60:  *   <td>Ability to access fields, invoke methods, and construct objects
  61:  *       via reflection, including non-public members in contexts where
  62:  *       such access is not legal at compile-time.</td>
  63:  *   <td>This is dangerous. It exposes possibly confidential information,
  64:  *       and malicious code could interfere with the internals of the Virtual
  65:  *       Machine by corrupting private data.</td>
  66:  *  </tr>
  67:  * </table>
  68:  *
  69:  * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
  70:  * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
  71:  * @since 1.2
  72:  * @status updated to 1.4
  73:  */
  74: public final class ReflectPermission
  75:   extends BasicPermission
  76: {
  77:   /**
  78:    * Compatible with JDK 1.2.
  79:    */
  80:   private static final long serialVersionUID = 7412737110241507485L;
  81: 
  82:   /**
  83:    * Construct a ReflectPermission with the given name.
  84:    *
  85:    * @param name The permission name
  86:    */
  87:   public ReflectPermission(String name)
  88:   {
  89:     super(name);
  90:   }
  91: 
  92:   /**
  93:    * Construct a ReflectPermission with the given name.
  94:    *
  95:    * @param name The permission name
  96:    * @param actions The actions; this is ignored and should be null
  97:    */
  98:   public ReflectPermission(String name, String actions)
  99:   {
 100:     super(name, actions);
 101:   }
 102: }