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025:
026: package java.security;
027:
028: /**
029: * This class defines the <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>)
030: * for the <code>Policy</code> class.
031: * All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each
032: * service provider who wishes to supply a Policy implementation.
033: *
034: * <p> Subclass implementations of this abstract class must provide
035: * a public constructor that takes a <code>Policy.Parameters</code>
036: * object as an input parameter. This constructor also must throw
037: * an IllegalArgumentException if it does not understand the
038: * <code>Policy.Parameters</code> input.
039: *
040: * @version 1.8, 05/05/07
041: *
042: * @since 1.6
043: */
044:
045: public abstract class PolicySpi {
046:
047: /**
048: * Check whether the policy has granted a Permission to a ProtectionDomain.
049: *
050: * @param domain the ProtectionDomain to check.
051: *
052: * @param permission check whether this permission is granted to the
053: * specified domain.
054: *
055: * @return boolean true if the permission is granted to the domain.
056: */
057: protected abstract boolean engineImplies(ProtectionDomain domain,
058: Permission permission);
059:
060: /**
061: * Refreshes/reloads the policy configuration. The behavior of this method
062: * depends on the implementation. For example, calling <code>refresh</code>
063: * on a file-based policy will cause the file to be re-read.
064: *
065: * <p> The default implementation of this method does nothing.
066: * This method should be overridden if a refresh operation is supported
067: * by the policy implementation.
068: */
069: protected void engineRefresh() {
070: }
071:
072: /**
073: * Return a PermissionCollection object containing the set of
074: * permissions granted to the specified CodeSource.
075: *
076: * <p> The default implementation of this method returns
077: * Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION object. This method can be
078: * overridden if the policy implementation can return a set of
079: * permissions granted to a CodeSource.
080: *
081: * @param codesource the CodeSource to which the returned
082: * PermissionCollection has been granted.
083: *
084: * @return a set of permissions granted to the specified CodeSource.
085: * If this operation is supported, the returned
086: * set of permissions must be a new mutable instance
087: * and it must support heterogeneous Permission types.
088: * If this operation is not supported,
089: * Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION is returned.
090: */
091: protected PermissionCollection engineGetPermissions(
092: CodeSource codesource) {
093: return Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION;
094: }
095:
096: /**
097: * Return a PermissionCollection object containing the set of
098: * permissions granted to the specified ProtectionDomain.
099: *
100: * <p> The default implementation of this method returns
101: * Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION object. This method can be
102: * overridden if the policy implementation can return a set of
103: * permissions granted to a ProtectionDomain.
104: *
105: * @param domain the ProtectionDomain to which the returned
106: * PermissionCollection has been granted.
107: *
108: * @return a set of permissions granted to the specified ProtectionDomain.
109: * If this operation is supported, the returned
110: * set of permissions must be a new mutable instance
111: * and it must support heterogeneous Permission types.
112: * If this operation is not supported,
113: * Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION is returned.
114: */
115: protected PermissionCollection engineGetPermissions(
116: ProtectionDomain domain) {
117: return Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION;
118: }
119: }
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