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package java.lang.reflect;
/**
* The Permission class for reflective operations. A
* ReflectPermission is a <em>named permission</em> and has no
* actions. The only name currently defined is {@code suppressAccessChecks},
* which allows suppressing the standard Java language access checks
* -- for public, default (package) access, protected, and private
* members -- performed by reflected objects at their point of use.
* <P>
* The following table
* provides a summary description of what the permission allows,
* and discusses the risks of granting code the permission.
* <P>
*
* <table border=1 cellpadding=5 summary="Table shows permission target name, what the permission allows, and associated risks">
* <tr>
* <th>Permission Target Name</th>
* <th>What the Permission Allows</th>
* <th>Risks of Allowing this Permission</th>
* </tr>
*
* <tr>
* <td>suppressAccessChecks</td>
* <td>ability to access
* fields and invoke methods in a class. Note that this includes
* not only public, but protected and private fields and methods as well.</td>
* <td>This is dangerous in that information (possibly confidential) and
* methods normally unavailable would be accessible to malicious code.</td>
* </tr>
*
* </table>
*
* @see java.security.Permission
* @see java.security.BasicPermission
* @see AccessibleObject
* @see Field#get
* @see Field#set
* @see Method#invoke
* @see Constructor#newInstance
*
* @since 1.2
*/
public final
class ReflectPermission extends java.security.BasicPermission {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 7412737110241507485L;
/**
* Constructs a ReflectPermission with the specified name.
*
* @param name the name of the ReflectPermission
*
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code name} is {@code null}.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code name} is empty.
*/
public ReflectPermission(String name) {
super(name);
}
/**
* Constructs a ReflectPermission with the specified name and actions.
* The actions should be null; they are ignored.
*
* @param name the name of the ReflectPermission
*
* @param actions should be null
*
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code name} is {@code null}.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code name} is empty.
*/
public ReflectPermission(String name, String actions) {
super(name, actions);
}
}