Class AccessController

java.lang.Object

java.security.AccessController

@Deprecated(since="17", forRemoval=true) public final class AccessController 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 Security Manager, which is no longer supported. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this class.

AccessController was used with the Security Manager for access control operations and decisions. This feature no longer exists.

Since:: 1.2

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`checkPermission(Permission perm)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Throws `AccessControlException`.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction<T> action)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context, Permission... perms)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context, Permission... perms)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedAction<T> action)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context, Permission... perms)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static <T> T`	`doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context, Permission... perms)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Performs the specified action.
`static AccessControlContext`	`getContext()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Returns an `AccessControlContext` where the `checkPermission` method always throws an `AccessControlException` and the `getDomainCombiner` method always returns `null`.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Method Details

doPrivileged

public static <T> T doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction<T> action)

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an (unchecked) exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:

This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedAction with privileges enabled. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedAction's run method

Parameters:

action - the action to be performed

Returns:

the value returned by the action's run method

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the action is null

See Also:

doPrivilegedWithCombiner

public static <T> T doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedAction<T> action)

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an (unchecked) exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:: This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedAction with privileges enabled and with the current access control context's domain combiner preserved. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Type Parameters:: T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedAction's run method
Parameters:: action - the action to be performed
Returns:: the value returned by the action's run method
Throws:: NullPointerException - if the action is null
Since:: 1.6

doPrivileged

public static <T> T doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context)

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an (unchecked) exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:: This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedAction with privileges enabled and restricted by the specified AccessControlContext. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Type Parameters:: T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedAction's run method
Parameters:: action - the action to be performed.; context - ignored
Returns:: the value returned by the action's run method
Throws:: NullPointerException - if the action is null

doPrivileged

public static <T> T doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context, Permission... perms)

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an (unchecked) exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:: This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedAction with privileges enabled and restricted by the specified AccessControlContext and with a privilege scope limited by the specified Permission arguments. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Type Parameters:: T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedAction's run method
Parameters:: action - the action to be performed; context - ignored; perms - ignored
Returns:: the value returned by the action's run method
Throws:: NullPointerException - if action is null
Since:: 1.8

doPrivilegedWithCombiner

public static <T> T doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context, Permission... perms)

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an (unchecked) exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:: This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedAction with privileges enabled and restricted by the specified AccessControlContext and with a privilege scope limited by the specified Permission arguments. This method also originally preserved the current access control context's domain combiner while the action was performed. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Type Parameters:: T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedAction's run method
Parameters:: action - the action to be performed; context - ignored; perms - ignored
Returns:: the value returned by the action's run method
Throws:: NullPointerException - if action is null
Since:: 1.8

doPrivileged

public static <T> T doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action) throws PrivilegedActionException

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an unchecked exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:: This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedExceptionAction with privileges enabled. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Type Parameters:: T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedExceptionAction's run method
Parameters:: action - the action to be performed
Returns:: the value returned by the action's run method
Throws:: PrivilegedActionException - if the specified action's run method threw a checked exception; NullPointerException - if the action is null

doPrivilegedWithCombiner

public static <T> T doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action) throws PrivilegedActionException

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an unchecked exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:: This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedExceptionAction with privileges enabled and with the current access control context's domain combiner preserved. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Type Parameters:: T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedExceptionAction's run method
Parameters:: action - the action to be performed
Returns:: the value returned by the action's run method
Throws:: PrivilegedActionException - if the specified action's run method threw a checked exception; NullPointerException - if the action is null
Since:: 1.6

doPrivileged

public static <T> T doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context) throws PrivilegedActionException

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an unchecked exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:

This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedExceptionAction with privileges enabled and restricted by the specified AccessControlContext. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedExceptionAction's run method

Parameters:

action - the action to be performed

context - ignored

Returns:

the value returned by the action's run method

Throws:

PrivilegedActionException - if the specified action's run method threw a checked exception

NullPointerException - if the action is null

See Also:

doPrivileged

public static <T> T doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context, Permission... perms) throws PrivilegedActionException

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an (unchecked) exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:: This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedExceptionAction with privileges enabled and restricted by the specified AccessControlContext and with a privilege scope limited by the specified Permission arguments. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Type Parameters:: T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedExceptionAction's run method
Parameters:: action - the action to be performed; context - ignored; perms - ignored
Returns:: the value returned by the action's run method
Throws:: PrivilegedActionException - if the specified action's run method threw a checked exception; NullPointerException - if action is null
Since:: 1.8

doPrivilegedWithCombiner

public static <T> T doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action, AccessControlContext context, Permission... perms) throws PrivilegedActionException

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

Performs the specified action.

If the action's run method throws an (unchecked) exception, it will propagate through this method.

API Note:: This method originally performed the specified PrivilegedExceptionAction with privileges enabled and restricted by the specified AccessControlContext and with a privilege scope limited by the specified Permission arguments. This method also preserved the current access control context's domain combiner while the action was performed. Running the action with privileges enabled was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. This method has been changed to run the action as is, and has equivalent behavior as if there were no Security Manager enabled. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Type Parameters:: T - the type of the value returned by the PrivilegedExceptionAction's run method
Parameters:: action - the action to be performed; context - ignored; perms - ignored
Returns:: the value returned by the action's run method
Throws:: PrivilegedActionException - if the specified action's run method threw a checked exception; NullPointerException - if action is null
Since:: 1.8

getContext

public static AccessControlContext getContext()

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

Returns an AccessControlContext where the checkPermission method always throws an AccessControlException and the getDomainCombiner method always returns null.

API Note:

This method originally returned a snapshot of the current calling context, which included the current thread's access control context and any limited privilege scope. This method has been changed to always return an innocuous AccessControlContext that fails all permission checks. This method was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.

Returns:

an AccessControlContext as specified above

See Also:

checkPermission

public static void checkPermission(Permission perm) throws AccessControlException

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

Throws AccessControlException.

API Note:: This method originally determined whether the access request indicated by the specified permission should be allowed or denied, based on the current AccessControlContext and security policy. This method has been changed to always throw AccessControlException. This method was only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported. There is no replacement for the Security Manager or this method.
Parameters:: perm - ignored
Throws:: AccessControlException - always

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