android.content.pm
Class PermissionInfo

java.lang.Object
  android.content.pm.PackageItemInfo
      android.content.pm.PermissionInfo

All Implemented Interfaces:

Parcelable

public class PermissionInfo
extends PackageItemInfo
implements Parcelable

Information you can retrieve about a particular security permission known to the system. This corresponds to information collected from the AndroidManifest.xml's <permission> tags.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class android.content.pm.PackageItemInfo

PackageItemInfo.DisplayNameComparator

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface android.os.Parcelable

Parcelable.Creator<T>

Field Summary

static Parcelable.Creator<PermissionInfo>	CREATOR
int	descriptionRes A string resource identifier (in the package's resources) of this permission's description.
String	group The group this permission is a part of, as per R.attr.permissionGroup.
CharSequence	nonLocalizedDescription The description string provided in the AndroidManifest file, if any.
static int	PROTECTION_DANGEROUS Dangerous value for protectionLevel, corresponding to the dangerous value of R.attr.protectionLevel.
static int	PROTECTION_NORMAL A normal application value for protectionLevel, corresponding to the normal value of R.attr.protectionLevel.
static int	PROTECTION_SIGNATURE System-level value for protectionLevel, corresponding to the signature value of R.attr.protectionLevel.
static int	PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM System-level value for protectionLevel, corresponding to the signatureOrSystem value of R.attr.protectionLevel.
int	protectionLevel The level of access this permission is protecting, as per R.attr.protectionLevel.

Fields inherited from class android.content.pm.PackageItemInfo

icon, labelRes, metaData, name, nonLocalizedLabel, packageName

Fields inherited from interface android.os.Parcelable

CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR, PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE

Constructor Summary

PermissionInfo()

PermissionInfo(PermissionInfo orig)

Method Summary

int	describeContents() Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.
CharSequence	loadDescription(PackageManager pm) Retrieve the textual description of this permission.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.
void	writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int parcelableFlags) Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Methods inherited from class android.content.pm.PackageItemInfo

dumpBack, dumpFront, loadIcon, loadLabel, loadXmlMetaData

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PROTECTION_NORMAL

public static final int PROTECTION_NORMAL

A normal application value for protectionLevel, corresponding to the normal value of R.attr.protectionLevel.

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Constant Field Values

PROTECTION_DANGEROUS

public static final int PROTECTION_DANGEROUS

Dangerous value for protectionLevel, corresponding to the dangerous value of R.attr.protectionLevel.

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Constant Field Values

PROTECTION_SIGNATURE

public static final int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE

System-level value for protectionLevel, corresponding to the signature value of R.attr.protectionLevel.

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Constant Field Values

PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM

public static final int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM

System-level value for protectionLevel, corresponding to the signatureOrSystem value of R.attr.protectionLevel.

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Constant Field Values

group

public String group

The group this permission is a part of, as per R.attr.permissionGroup.

descriptionRes

public int descriptionRes

A string resource identifier (in the package's resources) of this permission's description. From the "description" attribute or, if not set, 0.

nonLocalizedDescription

public CharSequence nonLocalizedDescription

The description string provided in the AndroidManifest file, if any. You probably don't want to use this, since it will be null if the description is in a resource. You probably want loadDescription(android.content.pm.PackageManager) instead.

protectionLevel

public int protectionLevel

The level of access this permission is protecting, as per R.attr.protectionLevel. Values may be PROTECTION_NORMAL, PROTECTION_DANGEROUS, or PROTECTION_SIGNATURE.

CREATOR

public static final Parcelable.Creator<PermissionInfo> CREATOR

Constructor Detail

PermissionInfo

public PermissionInfo()

PermissionInfo

public PermissionInfo(PermissionInfo orig)

Method Detail

loadDescription

public CharSequence loadDescription(PackageManager pm)

Retrieve the textual description of this permission. This will call back on the given PackageManager to load the description from the application.

Parameters:

pm - A PackageManager from which the label can be loaded; usually the PackageManager from which you originally retrieved this item.

Returns:

Returns a CharSequence containing the permission's description. If there is no description, null is returned.

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: Object

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String a printable representation for the receiver.

describeContents

public int describeContents()

Description copied from interface: Parcelable

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.

Specified by:

describeContents in interface Parcelable

Returns:

a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshalled by the Parcelable.

writeToParcel

public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest,
                          int parcelableFlags)

Description copied from interface: Parcelable

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Specified by:

writeToParcel in interface Parcelable

Overrides:

writeToParcel in class PackageItemInfo

Parameters:

dest - The Parcel in which the object should be written.

parcelableFlags - Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE.