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package org.elasticsearch;

import java.security.BasicPermission;

/**
 * Elasticsearch-specific permission to check before entering 
 * {@code AccessController.doPrivileged()} blocks. 
 * <p>
 * We try to avoid these blocks in our code and keep security simple, 
 * but we need them for a few special places to contain hacks for third 
 * party code, or dangerous things used by scripting engines.
 * <p>
 * All normal code has this permission, but checking this before truncating the stack
 * prevents unprivileged code (e.g. scripts), which do not have it, from gaining elevated 
 * privileges.
 * <p>
 * In other words, don't do this:
 * <br>
 * <pre><code>
 *   // throw away all information about caller and run with our own privs
 *   AccessController.doPrivileged(
 *    ...
 *   );
 * </code></pre>
 * <br>
 * Instead do this;
 * <br>
 * <pre><code>
 *   // check caller first, to see if they should be allowed to do this
 *   SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
 *   if (sm != null) {
 *     sm.checkPermission(new SpecialPermission());
 *   }
 *   // throw away all information about caller and run with our own privs
 *   AccessController.doPrivileged(
 *    ...
 *   );
 * </code></pre>
 */
public final class SpecialPermission extends BasicPermission {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4129500096157408168L;

    /**
     * Creates a new SpecialPermision object.
     */
    public SpecialPermission() {
        // TODO: if we really need we can break out name (e.g. "hack" or "scriptEngineService" or whatever).
        // but let's just keep it simple if we can.
        super("*");
    }
    
    /**
     * Creates a new SpecialPermission object.
     * This constructor exists for use by the {@code Policy} object to instantiate new Permission objects.
     * 
     * @param name ignored
     * @param actions ignored
     */
    public SpecialPermission(String name, String actions) {
        this();
    }
}