01: /*
02: * @(#)ReflectPermission.java 1.21 06/10/10
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27:
28: package java.lang.reflect;
29:
30: /**
31: * The Permission class for reflective operations. A
32: * ReflectPermission is a <em>named permission</em> and has no
33: * actions. The only name currently defined is <tt>suppressAccessChecks</tt>,
34: * which allows suppressing the standard Java language access checks
35: * -- for public, default (package) access, protected, and private
36: * members -- performed by reflected objects at their point of use.
37: * <P>
38: * The following table
39: * provides a summary description of what the permission allows,
40: * and discusses the risks of granting code the permission.
41: * <P>
42: *
43: * <table border=1 cellpadding=5 summary="Table shows permission target name, what the permission allows, and associated risks">
44: * <tr>
45: * <th>Permission Target Name</th>
46: * <th>What the Permission Allows</th>
47: * <th>Risks of Allowing this Permission</th>
48: * </tr>
49: *
50: * <tr>
51: * <td>suppressAccessChecks</td>
52: * <td>ability to access
53: * fields and invoke methods in a class. Note that this includes
54: * not only public, but protected and private fields and methods as well.</td>
55: * <td>This is dangerous in that information (possibly confidential) and
56: * methods normally unavailable would be accessible to malicious code.</td>
57: * </tr>
58: *
59: * </table>
60: *
61: * @see java.security.Permission
62: * @see java.security.BasicPermission
63: * @see AccessibleObject
64: * @see Field#get
65: * @see Field#set
66: * @see Method#invoke
67: * @see Constructor#newInstance
68: *
69: * @since 1.2
70: */
71: public final class ReflectPermission extends
72: java.security.BasicPermission {
73:
74: /**
75: * Constructs a ReflectPermission with the specified name.
76: *
77: * @param name the name of the ReflectPermission
78: */
79: public ReflectPermission(String name) {
80: super (name);
81: }
82:
83: /**
84: * Constructs a ReflectPermission with the specified name and actions.
85: * The actions should be null; they are ignored.
86: *
87: * @param name the name of the ReflectPermission
88: * @param actions should be null.
89: */
90: public ReflectPermission(String name, String actions) {
91: super(name, actions);
92: }
93:
94: }
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