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package sun.security.acl;

import java.util.*;
import java.security.Principal;
import java.security.acl.*;

This is a class that describes one entry that associates users or groups with permissions in the ACL. The entry may be used as a way of granting or denying permissions.
Author: Satish Dharmaraj
/** * This is a class that describes one entry that associates users * or groups with permissions in the ACL. * The entry may be used as a way of granting or denying permissions. * @author Satish Dharmaraj */
public class AclEntryImpl implements AclEntry { private Principal user = null; private Vector<Permission> permissionSet = new Vector<Permission>(10, 10); private boolean negative = false;
Construct an ACL entry that associates a user with permissions in the ACL.
Params:
  • user – The user that is associated with this entry.
/** * Construct an ACL entry that associates a user with permissions * in the ACL. * @param user The user that is associated with this entry. */
public AclEntryImpl(Principal user) { this.user = user; }
Construct a null ACL entry
/** * Construct a null ACL entry */
public AclEntryImpl() { }
Sets the principal in the entity. If a group or a principal had already been set, a false value is returned, otherwise a true value is returned.
Params:
  • user – The user that is associated with this entry.
Returns:true if the principal is set, false if there is one already.
/** * Sets the principal in the entity. If a group or a * principal had already been set, a false value is * returned, otherwise a true value is returned. * @param user The user that is associated with this entry. * @return true if the principal is set, false if there is * one already. */
public boolean setPrincipal(Principal user) { if (this.user != null) return false; this.user = user; return true; }
This method sets the ACL to have negative permissions. That is the user or group is denied the permission set specified in the entry.
/** * This method sets the ACL to have negative permissions. * That is the user or group is denied the permission set * specified in the entry. */
public void setNegativePermissions() { negative = true; }
Returns true if this is a negative ACL.
/** * Returns true if this is a negative ACL. */
public boolean isNegative() { return negative; }
A principal or a group can be associated with multiple permissions. This method adds a permission to the ACL entry.
Params:
  • permission – The permission to be associated with the principal or the group in the entry.
Returns:true if the permission was added, false if the permission was already part of the permission set.
/** * A principal or a group can be associated with multiple * permissions. This method adds a permission to the ACL entry. * @param permission The permission to be associated with * the principal or the group in the entry. * @return true if the permission was added, false if the * permission was already part of the permission set. */
public boolean addPermission(Permission permission) { if (permissionSet.contains(permission)) return false; permissionSet.addElement(permission); return true; }
The method disassociates the permission from the Principal or the Group in this ACL entry.
Params:
  • permission – The permission to be disassociated with the principal or the group in the entry.
Returns:true if the permission is removed, false if the permission is not part of the permission set.
/** * The method disassociates the permission from the Principal * or the Group in this ACL entry. * @param permission The permission to be disassociated with * the principal or the group in the entry. * @return true if the permission is removed, false if the * permission is not part of the permission set. */
public boolean removePermission(Permission permission) { return permissionSet.removeElement(permission); }
Checks if the passed permission is part of the allowed permission set in this entry.
Params:
  • permission – The permission that has to be part of the permission set in the entry.
Returns:true if the permission passed is part of the permission set in the entry, false otherwise.
/** * Checks if the passed permission is part of the allowed * permission set in this entry. * @param permission The permission that has to be part of * the permission set in the entry. * @return true if the permission passed is part of the * permission set in the entry, false otherwise. */
public boolean checkPermission(Permission permission) { return permissionSet.contains(permission); }
return an enumeration of the permissions in this ACL entry.
/** * return an enumeration of the permissions in this ACL entry. */
public Enumeration<Permission> permissions() { return permissionSet.elements(); }
Return a string representation of the contents of the ACL entry.
/** * Return a string representation of the contents of the ACL entry. */
public String toString() { StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer(); if (negative) s.append("-"); else s.append("+"); if (user instanceof Group) s.append("Group."); else s.append("User."); s.append(user + "="); Enumeration<Permission> e = permissions(); while(e.hasMoreElements()) { Permission p = e.nextElement(); s.append(p); if (e.hasMoreElements()) s.append(","); } return new String(s); }
Clones an AclEntry.
/** * Clones an AclEntry. */
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Safe casts assuming clone() works correctly public synchronized Object clone() { AclEntryImpl cloned; cloned = new AclEntryImpl(user); cloned.permissionSet = (Vector<Permission>) permissionSet.clone(); cloned.negative = negative; return cloned; }
Return the Principal associated in this ACL entry. The method returns null if the entry uses a group instead of a principal.
/** * Return the Principal associated in this ACL entry. * The method returns null if the entry uses a group * instead of a principal. */
public Principal getPrincipal() { return user; } }