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Class AccessControlContext

java.lang.Object

java.security.AccessControlContext

@Deprecated(since="17", forRemoval=true) public final class AccessControlContext extends Object

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

This class was only useful in conjunction with the the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this class.

AccessControlContext was used with the Security Manager for access control decisions based on context that it encapsulated. This feature no longer exists.

Since:: 1.2

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`AccessControlContext(AccessControlContext acc, DomainCombiner combiner)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Create a new `AccessControlContext` with the given `AccessControlContext` and `DomainCombiner`.
`AccessControlContext(ProtectionDomain[] context)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Create an `AccessControlContext` with the given array of `ProtectionDomain` objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`checkPermission(Permission perm)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Throws `AccessControlException`.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Checks two `AccessControlContext` objects for equality.
`DomainCombiner`	`getDomainCombiner()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Get the `DomainCombiner` associated with this `AccessControlContext`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Returns the hash code value for this context.

Methods declared in class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AccessControlContext

public AccessControlContext(ProtectionDomain[] context)

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Create an AccessControlContext with the given array of ProtectionDomain objects. Context must not be null. Duplicate domains will be removed from the context.

Parameters:: context - the ProtectionDomain objects 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 - if context is null

AccessControlContext

public AccessControlContext(AccessControlContext acc, DomainCombiner combiner)

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Create a new AccessControlContext with the given AccessControlContext and DomainCombiner. This constructor associates the provided DomainCombiner with the provided AccessControlContext.

Parameters:: acc - the AccessControlContext associated with the provided DomainCombiner.; combiner - the DomainCombiner to be associated with the provided AccessControlContext.
Throws:: NullPointerException - if the provided context is null.
Since:: 1.3

Method Details

getDomainCombiner

public DomainCombiner getDomainCombiner()

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Get the DomainCombiner associated with this AccessControlContext.

Returns:: the DomainCombiner associated with this AccessControlContext, or null if there is none.
Since:: 1.3

checkPermission

public void checkPermission(Permission perm) throws AccessControlException

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Throws AccessControlException.

Parameters:: perm - ignored
Throws:: AccessControlException - always

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Checks two AccessControlContext objects for equality. Checks that obj is an AccessControlContext and has the same set of ProtectionDomain objects as this context.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

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 ProtectionDomain objects as this context, false otherwise.

See Also:

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

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 class Object

Returns:

the hash code value for this context

See Also:

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