Class PolicySpi

java.lang.Object

java.security.PolicySpi

@Deprecated(since="17", forRemoval=true) public abstract class PolicySpi 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.

This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the Policy class. Installing a system-wide Policy object is no longer supported.

Since:: 1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`PolicySpi()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected PermissionCollection`	`engineGetPermissions(CodeSource codesource)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Return a PermissionCollection object containing the set of permissions granted to the specified CodeSource.
`protected PermissionCollection`	`engineGetPermissions(ProtectionDomain domain)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Return a PermissionCollection object containing the set of permissions granted to the specified ProtectionDomain.
`protected abstract boolean`	`engineImplies(ProtectionDomain domain, Permission permission)`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Check whether the policy has granted a Permission to a ProtectionDomain.
`protected void`	`engineRefresh()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Refreshes/reloads the policy configuration.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Constructor Details

PolicySpi

public PolicySpi()

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

Constructor.

Method Details

engineImplies

protected abstract boolean engineImplies(ProtectionDomain domain, Permission permission)

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

Check whether the policy has granted a Permission to a ProtectionDomain.

Parameters:: domain - the ProtectionDomain to check; permission - check whether this permission is granted to the specified domain
Returns:: boolean true if the permission is granted to the domain

engineRefresh

protected void engineRefresh()

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

Refreshes/reloads the policy configuration.

The default implementation of this method does nothing.

engineGetPermissions

protected PermissionCollection engineGetPermissions(CodeSource codesource)

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

Return a PermissionCollection object containing the set of permissions granted to the specified CodeSource.

The default implementation of this method returns Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION object.

Parameters:: codesource - the CodeSource to which the returned PermissionCollection has been granted
Returns:: a set of permissions granted to the specified CodeSource

engineGetPermissions

protected PermissionCollection engineGetPermissions(ProtectionDomain domain)

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

Return a PermissionCollection object containing the set of permissions granted to the specified ProtectionDomain.

The default implementation of this method returns Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION object.

Parameters:: domain - the ProtectionDomain to which the returned PermissionCollection has been granted
Returns:: a set of permissions granted to the specified ProtectionDomain

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