Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

Uses of Class
java.security.Permission

Packages that use Permission
java.awt Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images. 
java.io Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system. 
java.lang Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language. 
java.lang.management Provides the management interface for monitoring and management of the Java virtual machine as well as the operating system on which the Java virtual machine is running. 
java.lang.reflect Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects. 
java.net Provides the classes for implementing networking applications. 
java.security Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework. 
java.sql Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a data source (usually a relational database) using the JavaTM programming language. 
java.util Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array). 
java.util.logging Provides the classes and interfaces of the JavaTM 2 platform's core logging facilities. 
javax.management Provides the core classes for the Java Management Extensions. 
javax.management.remote Interfaces for remote access to JMX MBean servers. 
javax.net.ssl Provides classes for the secure socket package. 
javax.security.auth This package provides a framework for authentication and authorization. 
javax.security.auth.kerberos This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network authentication protocol. 
javax.sound.sampled Provides interfaces and classes for capture, processing, and playback of sampled audio data. 
javax.xml.ws This package contains the core JAX-WS APIs. 
 

Uses of Permission in java.awt
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.awt
 class AWTPermission
          This class is for AWT permissions.
 

Uses of Permission in java.io
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.io
 class FilePermission
          This class represents access to a file or directory.
 class SerializablePermission
          This class is for Serializable permissions.
 

Methods in java.io with parameters of type Permission
 boolean FilePermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if this FilePermission object "implies" the specified permission.
 

Uses of Permission in java.lang
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.lang
 class RuntimePermission
          This class is for runtime permissions.
 

Methods in java.lang with parameters of type Permission
 void SecurityManager.checkPermission(Permission perm)
          Throws a SecurityException if the requested access, specified by the given permission, is not permitted based on the security policy currently in effect.
 void SecurityManager.checkPermission(Permission perm, Object context)
          Throws a SecurityException if the specified security context is denied access to the resource specified by the given permission.
 

Uses of Permission in java.lang.management
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.lang.management
 class ManagementPermission
          The permission which the SecurityManager will check when code that is running with a SecurityManager calls methods defined in the management interface for the Java platform.
 

Uses of Permission in java.lang.reflect
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.lang.reflect
 class ReflectPermission
          The Permission class for reflective operations.
 

Uses of Permission in java.net
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.net
 class NetPermission
          This class is for various network permissions.
 class SocketPermission
          This class represents access to a network via sockets.
 

Methods in java.net that return Permission
 Permission HttpURLConnection.getPermission()
           
 Permission URLConnection.getPermission()
          Returns a permission object representing the permission necessary to make the connection represented by this object.
 

Methods in java.net with parameters of type Permission
 boolean SocketPermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if this socket permission object "implies" the specified permission.
 

Uses of Permission in java.security
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.security
 class AllPermission
          The AllPermission is a permission that implies all other permissions.
 class BasicPermission
          The BasicPermission class extends the Permission class, and can be used as the base class for permissions that want to follow the same naming convention as BasicPermission.
 class SecurityPermission
          This class is for security permissions.
 class UnresolvedPermission
          The UnresolvedPermission class is used to hold Permissions that were "unresolved" when the Policy was initialized.
 

Methods in java.security that return Permission
 Permission AccessControlException.getPermission()
          Gets the Permission object associated with this exeception, or null if there was no corresponding Permission object.
 

Methods in java.security that return types with arguments of type Permission
 Enumeration<Permission> Permissions.elements()
          Returns an enumeration of all the Permission objects in all the PermissionCollections in this Permissions object.
abstract  Enumeration<Permission> PermissionCollection.elements()
          Returns an enumeration of all the Permission objects in the collection.
 

Methods in java.security with parameters of type Permission
 void Permissions.add(Permission permission)
          Adds a permission object to the PermissionCollection for the class the permission belongs to.
abstract  void PermissionCollection.add(Permission permission)
          Adds a permission object to the current collection of permission objects.
static void AccessController.checkPermission(Permission perm)
          Determines whether the access request indicated by the specified permission should be allowed or denied, based on the current AccessControlContext and security policy.
 void AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Permission perm)
          Determines whether the access request indicated by the specified permission should be allowed or denied, based on the security policy currently in effect, and the context in this object.
protected abstract  boolean PolicySpi.engineImplies(ProtectionDomain domain, Permission permission)
          Check whether the policy has granted a Permission to a ProtectionDomain.
 boolean UnresolvedPermission.implies(Permission p)
          This method always returns false for unresolved permissions.
 boolean AllPermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if the specified permission is "implied" by this object.
 boolean Permissions.implies(Permission permission)
          Checks to see if this object's PermissionCollection for permissions of the specified permission's class implies the permissions expressed in the permission object.
 boolean BasicPermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if the specified permission is "implied" by this object.
abstract  boolean PermissionCollection.implies(Permission permission)
          Checks to see if the specified permission is implied by the collection of Permission objects held in this PermissionCollection.
abstract  boolean Permission.implies(Permission permission)
          Checks if the specified permission's actions are "implied by" this object's actions.
 boolean ProtectionDomain.implies(Permission permission)
          Check and see if this ProtectionDomain implies the permissions expressed in the Permission object.
 boolean Policy.implies(ProtectionDomain domain, Permission permission)
          Evaluates the global policy for the permissions granted to the ProtectionDomain and tests whether the permission is granted.
 

Constructors in java.security with parameters of type Permission
AccessControlException(String s, Permission p)
          Constructs an AccessControlException with the specified, detailed message, and the requested permission that caused the exception.
 

Uses of Permission in java.sql
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.sql
 class SQLPermission
          The permission for which the SecurityManager will check when code that is running in an applet calls the DriverManager.setLogWriter method or the DriverManager.setLogStream (deprecated) method.
 

Uses of Permission in java.util
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.util
 class PropertyPermission
          This class is for property permissions.
 

Methods in java.util with parameters of type Permission
 boolean PropertyPermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if this PropertyPermission object "implies" the specified permission.
 

Uses of Permission in java.util.logging
 

Subclasses of Permission in java.util.logging
 class LoggingPermission
          The permission which the SecurityManager will check when code that is running with a SecurityManager calls one of the logging control methods (such as Logger.setLevel).
 

Uses of Permission in javax.management
 

Subclasses of Permission in javax.management
 class MBeanPermission
          Permission controlling access to MBeanServer operations.
 class MBeanServerPermission
          A Permission to perform actions related to MBeanServers.
 class MBeanTrustPermission
          This permission represents "trust" in a signer or codebase.
 

Methods in javax.management with parameters of type Permission
 boolean MBeanPermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if this MBeanPermission object "implies" the specified permission.
 boolean MBeanServerPermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if this MBeanServerPermission object "implies" the specified permission.
 

Uses of Permission in javax.management.remote
 

Subclasses of Permission in javax.management.remote
 class SubjectDelegationPermission
          Permission required by an authentication identity to perform operations on behalf of an authorization identity.
 

Uses of Permission in javax.net.ssl
 

Subclasses of Permission in javax.net.ssl
 class SSLPermission
          This class is for various network permissions.
 

Uses of Permission in javax.security.auth
 

Subclasses of Permission in javax.security.auth
 class AuthPermission
          This class is for authentication permissions.
 class PrivateCredentialPermission
          This class is used to protect access to private Credentials belonging to a particular Subject.
 

Methods in javax.security.auth with parameters of type Permission
 boolean PrivateCredentialPermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if this PrivateCredentialPermission implies the specified Permission.
 

Uses of Permission in javax.security.auth.kerberos
 

Subclasses of Permission in javax.security.auth.kerberos
 class DelegationPermission
          This class is used to restrict the usage of the Kerberos delegation model, ie: forwardable and proxiable tickets.
 class ServicePermission
          This class is used to protect Kerberos services and the credentials necessary to access those services.
 

Methods in javax.security.auth.kerberos with parameters of type Permission
 boolean ServicePermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if this Kerberos service permission object "implies" the specified permission.
 boolean DelegationPermission.implies(Permission p)
          Checks if this Kerberos delegation permission object "implies" the specified permission.
 

Uses of Permission in javax.sound.sampled
 

Subclasses of Permission in javax.sound.sampled
 class AudioPermission
          The AudioPermission class represents access rights to the audio system resources.
 

Uses of Permission in javax.xml.ws
 

Subclasses of Permission in javax.xml.ws
 class WebServicePermission
          This class defines web service permissions.
 


Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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