SecureClassLoader.java   [plain text]

/* SecureClassLoader.java --- A Secure Class Loader
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package java.security;

/**
   A Secure Class Loader for loading classes with additional 
   support for specifying code source and permissions when
   they are retrieved by the system policy handler.

   @since JDK 1.2

   @author Mark Benvenuto
 */
public class SecureClassLoader extends ClassLoader
{
  protected SecureClassLoader(ClassLoader parent)
  {
    super(parent);
    SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
    if(sm != null)
      sm.checkCreateClassLoader();
  }

  protected SecureClassLoader()
  {
    SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
    if(sm != null)
      sm.checkCreateClassLoader();
  }

  /** 
     Creates a class using an array of bytes and a 
     CodeSource.

     @param name the name to give the class.  null if unknown.
     @param b the data representing the classfile, in classfile format.
     @param off the offset into the data where the classfile starts.
     @param len the length of the classfile data in the array.
     @param cs the CodeSource for the class or null when unknown.

     @return the class that was defined and optional CodeSource.

     @exception ClassFormatError if the byte array is not in proper classfile format.
   */
  protected final Class defineClass(String name, byte[] b, int off, int len,
				    CodeSource cs)
  {
    // FIXME: Need to cache ProtectionDomains according to 1.3 docs.
    if (cs != null)
      {
	ProtectionDomain protectionDomain
		= new ProtectionDomain(cs, getPermissions(cs));
	return super.defineClass(name, b, off, len, protectionDomain);
      } 
    else
      return super.defineClass(name, b, off, len);
  }

  /**
     Returns a PermissionCollection for the specified CodeSource.
     The default implementation invokes 
     java.security.Policy.getPermissions.

     This method is called by defineClass that takes a CodeSource
     arguement to build a proper ProtectionDomain for the class
     being defined.

   */
  protected PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource cs)
  {
    Policy policy = Policy.getPolicy();
    return policy.getPermissions(cs);
  }
}