source: trunk/gcc/libjava/java/lang/reflect/ReflectPermission.java

/* ReflectPermission.java - named permission for reflaction
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/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
 * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
 * plus online API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
 */

package java.lang.reflect;

import java.security.BasicPermission;

/**
 * This class implements permissions for reflection.  This is a named
 * permission, and the only defined name is suppressAccessChecks, which
 * allows suppression of normal Java objects when using reflection.
 *
 * <table>
 *  <tr>
 *   <th>Permission Target Name</th>
 *   <th>What Permission Allows</th>
 *   <th>Risk of Allowing Permission</th>
 *  </tr>
 *  <tr>
 *   <td><code>suppressAccessChecks</code></td>
 *   <td>Ability to access fields, invoke methods, and construct objects
 *       via reflection, including non-public members in contexts where
 *       such access is not legal at compile-time.</td>
 *   <td>This is dangerous. It exposes possibly confidential information,
 *       and malicious code could interfere with the internals of the Virtual
 *       Machine by corrupting private data.</td>
 *  </tr>
 * </table>
 *
 * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @since 1.2
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public final class ReflectPermission
  extends BasicPermission
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.2.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 7412737110241507485L;

  /**
   * Construct a ReflectPermission with the given name.
   *
   * @param name The permission name
   */
  public ReflectPermission(String name)
  {
    super(name);
  }

  /**
   * Construct a ReflectPermission with the given name.
   *
   * @param name The permission name
   * @param actions The actions; this is ignored and should be null
   */
  public ReflectPermission(String name, String actions)
  {
    super(name, actions);
  }
}