public class

GetPropertyAction

extends Object
implements PrivilegedAction<T>
java.lang.Object
   ↳ sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction

Class Overview

A convenience class for retrieving the string value of a system property as a privileged action.

An instance of this class can be used as the argument of AccessController.doPrivileged.

The following code retrieves the value of the system property named "prop" as a privileged action:

 String s = java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged
                      (new GetPropertyAction("prop"));
 

Summary

Public Constructors
GetPropertyAction(String theProp)
Constructor that takes the name of the system property whose string value needs to be determined.
GetPropertyAction(String theProp, String defaultVal)
Constructor that takes the name of the system property and the default value of that property.
Public Methods
String run()
Determines the string value of the system property whose name was specified in the constructor.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.security.PrivilegedAction

Public Constructors

public GetPropertyAction (String theProp)

Constructor that takes the name of the system property whose string value needs to be determined.

Parameters
theProp the name of the system property.

public GetPropertyAction (String theProp, String defaultVal)

Constructor that takes the name of the system property and the default value of that property.

Parameters
theProp the name of the system property.

Public Methods

public String run ()

Determines the string value of the system property whose name was specified in the constructor.

Returns
  • the string value of the system property, or the default value if there is no property with that key.