Class AccessControlContext
- java.lang.Object
-
- java.security.AccessControlContext
public final class AccessControlContext extends Object
An AccessControlContext is used to make system resource access decisions based on the context it encapsulates.
More specifically, it encapsulates a context and has a single method, checkPermission
, that is equivalent to the checkPermission
method in the AccessController class, with one difference: The AccessControlContext checkPermission
method makes access decisions based on the context it encapsulates, rather than that of the current execution thread.
Thus, the purpose of AccessControlContext is for those situations where a security check that should be made within a given context actually needs to be done from within a different context (for example, from within a worker thread).
An AccessControlContext is created by calling the AccessController.getContext
method. The getContext
method takes a "snapshot" of the current calling context, and places it in an AccessControlContext object, which it returns. A sample call is the following:
AccessControlContext acc = AccessController.getContext()
Code within a different context can subsequently call the checkPermission
method on the previously-saved AccessControlContext object. A sample call is the following:
acc.checkPermission(permission)
- Since:
- 1.2
- See Also:
AccessController
Constructor Summary
Constructor | Description |
---|---|
AccessControlContext(AccessControlContext acc,
DomainCombiner combiner) | Create a new |
AccessControlContext(ProtectionDomain[] context) | Create an AccessControlContext with the given array of ProtectionDomains. |
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
void | checkPermission(Permission perm) | Determines whether the access request indicated by the specified permission should be allowed or denied, based on the security policy currently in effect, and the context in this object. |
boolean | equals(Object obj) | Checks two AccessControlContext objects for equality. |
DomainCombiner | getDomainCombiner() | Get the |
int | hashCode() | Returns the hash code value for this context. |
Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
Constructor Detail
AccessControlContext
public AccessControlContext(ProtectionDomain[] context)
Create an AccessControlContext with the given array of ProtectionDomains. Context must not be null. Duplicate domains will be removed from the context.
- Parameters:
-
context
- the ProtectionDomains associated with this context. The non-duplicate domains are copied from the array. Subsequent changes to the array will not affect this AccessControlContext. - Throws:
-
NullPointerException
- ifcontext
isnull
AccessControlContext
public AccessControlContext(AccessControlContext acc, DomainCombiner combiner)
Create a new AccessControlContext
with the given AccessControlContext
and DomainCombiner
. This constructor associates the provided DomainCombiner
with the provided AccessControlContext
.
- Parameters:
-
acc
- theAccessControlContext
associated with the providedDomainCombiner
. -
combiner
- theDomainCombiner
to be associated with the providedAccessControlContext
. - Throws:
-
NullPointerException
- if the providedcontext
isnull
. -
SecurityException
- if a security manager is installed and the caller does not have the "createAccessControlContext"SecurityPermission
- Since:
- 1.3
Method Detail
getDomainCombiner
public DomainCombiner getDomainCombiner()
Get the DomainCombiner
associated with this AccessControlContext
.
- Returns:
- the
DomainCombiner
associated with thisAccessControlContext
, ornull
if there is none. - Throws:
-
SecurityException
- if a security manager is installed and the caller does not have the "getDomainCombiner"SecurityPermission
- Since:
- 1.3
checkPermission
public void checkPermission(Permission perm) throws AccessControlException
Determines whether the access request indicated by the specified permission should be allowed or denied, based on the security policy currently in effect, and the context in this object. The request is allowed only if every ProtectionDomain in the context implies the permission. Otherwise the request is denied.
This method quietly returns if the access request is permitted, or throws a suitable AccessControlException otherwise.
- Parameters:
-
perm
- the requested permission. - Throws:
-
AccessControlException
- if the specified permission is not permitted, based on the current security policy and the context encapsulated by this object. -
NullPointerException
- if the permission to check for is null.
equals
public boolean equals(Object obj)
Checks two AccessControlContext objects for equality. Checks that obj
is an AccessControlContext and has the same set of ProtectionDomains as this context.
- Overrides:
-
equals
in classObject
- Parameters:
-
obj
- the object we are testing for equality with this object. - Returns:
- true if
obj
is an AccessControlContext, and has the same set of ProtectionDomains as this context, false otherwise. - See Also:
-
Object.hashCode()
,HashMap
hashCode
public int hashCode()
Returns the hash code value for this context. The hash code is computed by exclusive or-ing the hash code of all the protection domains in the context together.
- Overrides:
-
hashCode
in classObject
- Returns:
- a hash code value for this context.
- See Also:
-
Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
,System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)