AllPermission.java   [plain text]

/* AllPermission.java -- Permission to do anything
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package java.security;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Collections;
import gnu.java.util.EmptyEnumeration;

/**
 * This class is a permission that implies all other permissions.  Granting
 * this permission effectively grants all others.  Extreme caution should
 * be exercised in granting this permission.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @see AccessController
 * @see Permissions
 * @see SecurityManager
 * @since 1.1
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public final class AllPermission extends Permission
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.1+.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -2916474571451318075L;

  /**
   * Create a new AllPermission object.
   */
  public AllPermission()
  {
    super("*");
  }

  /**
   * Create a new AllPermission object. The parameters are ignored, as all
   * permission implies ALL PERMISSION.
   *
   * @param name ignored
   * @param actions ignored
   */
  public AllPermission(String name, String actions)
  {
    super("*");
  }

  /**
   * This method always returns <code>true</code> to indicate that this
   * permission always implies that any other permission is also granted.
   *
   * @param perm ignored
   * @return true, the permission is implied
   */
  public boolean implies(Permission perm)
  {
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Checks an object for equality. All AllPermissions are equal.
   *
   * @param obj the <code>Object</code> to test for equality
   */
  public boolean equals(Object obj)
  {
    return obj instanceof AllPermission;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a hash code for this object. This returns 1.
   *
   * @return a hash value for this object
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return 1;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the list of actions associated with this object.
   * This will always be the empty string ("") for this class.
   *
   * @return the action list
   */
  public String getActions()
  {
    return "";
  }

  /**
   * Returns a PermissionCollection which can hold AllPermission.
   *
   * @return a permission collection
   */
  public PermissionCollection newPermissionCollection()
  {
    return new AllPermissionCollection();
  }
} // class AllPermission

/**
 * Implements AllPermission.newPermissionCollection, and obeys serialization
 * of JDK.
 *
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 */
final class AllPermissionCollection extends PermissionCollection
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.1+.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -4023755556366636806L;

  /**
   * Whether an AllPermission has been added to the collection.
   *
   * @serial if all permission is in the collection yet
   */
  private boolean all_allowed;

  /**
   * Add an AllPermission.
   *
   * @param perm the permission to add
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if perm is not an AllPermission
   * @throws SecurityException if the collection is read-only
   */
  public void add(Permission perm)
  {
    if (isReadOnly())
      throw new SecurityException();
    if (! (perm instanceof AllPermission))
      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
    all_allowed = true;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if this collection implies a permission.
   *
   * @param perm the permission to check
   * @return true if this collection contains an AllPermission
   */
  public boolean implies(Permission perm)
  {
    return all_allowed;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an enumeration of the elements in the collection.
   *
   * @return the elements in the collection
   */
  public Enumeration elements()
  {
    return all_allowed
      ? Collections.enumeration(Collections.singleton(new AllPermission()))
      : EmptyEnumeration.getInstance();
  }
} // class AllPermissionCollection