public final class

JDIPermission

extends BasicPermission
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.security.Permission
     ↳ java.security.BasicPermission
       ↳ com.sun.jdi.JDIPermission

Class Overview

The JDIPermission class represents access rights to the VirtualMachineManager. This is the permission which the SecurityManager will check when code that is running with a SecurityManager requests access to the VirtualMachineManager, as defined in the Java Debug Interface (JDI) for the Java platform.

A JDIPermission object contains a name (also referred to as a "target name") but no actions list; you either have the named permission or you don't.

The following table provides a summary description of what the permission allows, and discusses the risks of granting code the permission.

Permission Target Name What the Permission Allows Risks of Allowing this Permission
virtualMachineManager Ability to inspect and modify the JDI objects in the VirtualMachineManager This allows an attacker to control the VirtualMachineManager and cause the system to misbehave.

Programmers do not normally create JDIPermission objects directly. Instead they are created by the security policy code based on reading the security policy file.

Summary

Public Constructors
JDIPermission(String name)
The JDIPermission class represents access rights to the VirtualMachineManager
JDIPermission(String name, String actions)
Constructs a new JDIPermission object.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.security.BasicPermission
From class java.security.Permission
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.security.Guard

Public Constructors

public JDIPermission (String name)

The JDIPermission class represents access rights to the VirtualMachineManager

Parameters
name Permission name. Must be "virtualMachineManager".
Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the name argument is invalid.

public JDIPermission (String name, String actions)

Constructs a new JDIPermission object.

Parameters
name Permission name. Must be "virtualMachineManager".
actions Must be either null or the empty string.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException if arguments are invalid.