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package java.lang.reflect;

The Permission class for reflective operations.  A
ReflectPermission is a named permission and has no actions. The only name currently defined is 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. 

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


  
suppressAccessChecks
  
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.
  
This is dangerous in that information (possibly confidential) and
methods normally unavailable would be accessible to malicious code.


See Also:
Permission
BasicPermission
AccessibleObject
Field.get
Field.set
Method.invoke
Constructor.newInstance
Since:
1.2/**
 * 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.
Params:
name – the name of the ReflectPermission
Throws:
NullPointerException – if name is null.
IllegalArgumentException – if name is empty./**
     * 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.
Params:
name – the name of the ReflectPermission
actions – should be null
Throws:
NullPointerException – if name is null.
IllegalArgumentException – if name is empty./**
     * 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);
    }

}