java.security
Class Permissions

java.lang.Object
  java.security.PermissionCollection
      java.security.Permissions

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class Permissions
extends PermissionCollection
implements Serializable

A heterogeneous collection of permissions.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

(package private) static class

Permissions.MetaEnumeration An auxiliary implementation for enumerating individual permissions from a collection of PermissionCollections.

Constructor Summary

Permissions()

Method Summary

void	add(Permission permission) Adds the argument to the collection.
Enumeration<Permission>	elements() Returns an enumeration of the permissions in the receiver.
boolean	implies(Permission permission) Indicates whether the argument permission is implied by the permissions contained in the receiver.

Methods inherited from class java.security.PermissionCollection

isReadOnly, setReadOnly, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Permissions

public Permissions()

Method Detail

add

public void add(Permission permission)

Adds the argument to the collection.

Specified by:

add in class PermissionCollection

Parameters:

permission - java.security.Permission the permission to add to the collection

elements

public Enumeration<Permission> elements()

Returns an enumeration of the permissions in the receiver.

Specified by:

elements in class PermissionCollection

Returns:

Enumeration the permissions in the receiver.

implies

public boolean implies(Permission permission)

Indicates whether the argument permission is implied by the permissions contained in the receiver.

Specified by:

implies in class PermissionCollection

Parameters:

permission - java.security.Permission the permission to check

Returns:

boolean true if the argument permission is implied by the permissions in the receiver, and false if it is not.