/* * @(#)ReflectPermission.java 1.21 06/10/10 * * Copyright 1990-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version * 2 only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License version 2 for more details (a copy is * included at /legal/license.txt). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * version 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA * * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa * Clara, CA 95054 or visit www.sun.com if you need additional * information or have any questions. * */ package java.lang.reflect; /** * The Permission class for reflective operations. A * ReflectPermission is a <em>named permission</em> and has no * actions. The only name currently defined is <tt>suppressAccessChecks</tt>, * which allows suppressing the standard Java language access checks * -- for public, default (package) access, protected, and private * members -- performed by reflected objects at their point of use. * <P> * The following table * provides a summary description of what the permission allows, * and discusses the risks of granting code the permission. * <P> * * <table border=1 cellpadding=5 summary="Table shows permission target name, what the permission allows, and associated risks"> * <tr> * <th>Permission Target Name</th> * <th>What the Permission Allows</th> * <th>Risks of Allowing this Permission</th> * </tr> * * <tr> * <td>suppressAccessChecks</td> * <td>ability to access * fields and invoke methods in a class. Note that this includes * not only public, but protected and private fields and methods as well.</td> * <td>This is dangerous in that information (possibly confidential) and * methods normally unavailable would be accessible to malicious code.</td> * </tr> * * </table> * * @see java.security.Permission * @see java.security.BasicPermission * @see AccessibleObject * @see Field#get * @see Field#set * @see Method#invoke * @see Constructor#newInstance * * @since 1.2 */ public final class ReflectPermission extends java.security.BasicPermission { /** * Constructs a ReflectPermission with the specified name. * * @param name the name of the ReflectPermission */ public ReflectPermission(String name) { super(name); } /** * Constructs a ReflectPermission with the specified name and actions. * The actions should be null; they are ignored. * * @param name the name of the ReflectPermission * @param actions should be null. */ public ReflectPermission(String name, String actions) { super(name, actions); } }