001    /* ReflectPermission.java - named permission for reflaction
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037    
038    package java.lang.reflect;
039    
040    import java.security.BasicPermission;
041    
042    /* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
043     * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
044     * plus online API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
045     */
046    
047    /**
048     * This class implements permissions for reflection.  This is a named
049     * permission, and the only defined name is suppressAccessChecks, which
050     * allows suppression of normal Java objects when using reflection.
051     *
052     * <table>
053     *  <tr>
054     *   <th>Permission Target Name</th>
055     *   <th>What Permission Allows</th>
056     *   <th>Risk of Allowing Permission</th>
057     *  </tr>
058     *  <tr>
059     *   <td><code>suppressAccessChecks</code></td>
060     *   <td>Ability to access fields, invoke methods, and construct objects
061     *       via reflection, including non-public members in contexts where
062     *       such access is not legal at compile-time.</td>
063     *   <td>This is dangerous. It exposes possibly confidential information,
064     *       and malicious code could interfere with the internals of the Virtual
065     *       Machine by corrupting private data.</td>
066     *  </tr>
067     * </table>
068     *
069     * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
070     * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
071     * @since 1.2
072     * @status updated to 1.4
073     */
074    public final class ReflectPermission
075      extends BasicPermission
076    {
077      /**
078       * Compatible with JDK 1.2.
079       */
080      private static final long serialVersionUID = 7412737110241507485L;
081    
082      /**
083       * Construct a ReflectPermission with the given name.
084       *
085       * @param name The permission name
086       */
087      public ReflectPermission(String name)
088      {
089        super(name);
090      }
091    
092      /**
093       * Construct a ReflectPermission with the given name.
094       *
095       * @param name The permission name
096       * @param actions The actions; this is ignored and should be null
097       */
098      public ReflectPermission(String name, String actions)
099      {
100        super(name, actions);
101      }
102    }