Class ManagementPermission

Represents the permission to view or modify the data which forms part of the system management interfaces. Calls to methods of the system management beans, provided by the {@link ManagementFactory}, may perform checks against the current {@link java.lang.SecurityManager} (if any) before allowing the operation to proceed. Instances of this object are supplied to the {@link java.lang.SecurityManager} in order to perform these checks. It is not normal for instances of this class to be created outside the use of the {@link java.lang.SecurityManager}.

This object can represent two types of management permission:

• monitor — this allows access to information such as the arguments supplied to the virtual machine, the currently loaded classes and the stack traces of running threads. Malicious code may use this to obtain information about the system and exploit any vulnerabilities found.
• control — this allows the information stored by the management beans to be altered. For example, additional debugging information (such as class loading traces) may be turned on or memory usage limits changed. Malicious code could use this to alter the behaviour of the system.

Since: 1.5