gcc/libjava/java/security/UnresolvedPermission.java

/* UnresolvedPermission.java -- Placeholder for unresolved permissions.
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package java.security;

import java.io.Serializable;
// All uses of Certificate in this file refer to this class.
import java.security.cert.Certificate;

/**
 * This class is used to hold instances of all permissions that cannot
 * be resolved to available permission classes when the security 
 * <code>Policy</code> object is instantiated.  This may happen when the
 * necessary security class has not yet been downloaded from the network.
 * <p>
 * Instances of this class are re-resolved when <code>AccessController</code>
 * check is done.  At that time, a scan is made of all existing
 * <code>UnresolvedPermission</code> objects and they are converted to
 * objects of the appropriate permission type if the class for that type
 * is then available.
 *
 * @version 0.0
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 */
public final class UnresolvedPermission
  extends Permission
  implements Serializable
{

  /**
   * The list of actions associated with this permission object
   */
  private String actions;

  /**
   * The list of <code>Certificates</code> associated with this object
   */
  private Certificate[] certs;

  /**
   * The name of the class this object should be resolved to.
   */
  private String type;

  /**
   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>UnresolvedPermission</code>
   * with all the information necessary to resolve it to an instance of the
   * proper class at a future time.
   *
   * @param type The name of the desired class this permission should be resolved to
   * @param name The name of this permission
   * @param actions The action list for this permission
   * @param certs The list of certificates this permission's class was signed with
   */
  public UnresolvedPermission(String type, String name, String actions,
			      Certificate[] certs)
  {
    super(name);

    this.type = type;
    this.actions = actions;
    this.certs = certs;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the list of actions associated with this
   * permission.
   *
   * @return The action list
   */
  public String getActions()
  {
    return (actions);
  }

  /**
   * This method returns <code>false</code> always to indicate that this
   * permission does not imply the specified permission.  An 
   * <code>UnresolvedPermission</code> never grants any permissions.
   *
   * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> object to test against - ignored by this class
   *
   * @return <code>false</code> to indicate this permission does not imply the specified permission.
   */
  public boolean implies(Permission perm)
  {
    return (false);
  }

  /**
   * This method tests this permission for equality against the specified
   * <code>Object</code>.  This will be true if and only if the following
   * conditions are met:
   * <p>
   * <ul>
   * <li>The specified <code>Object</code> is an instance of 
   * <code>UnresolvedPermission</code>, or a subclass.
   * <li>The specified permission has the same type (i.e., desired class name)
   * as this permission.
   * <li>The specified permission has the same name as this one.
   * <li>The specified permissoin has the same action list as this one.
   * <li>The specified permission has the same certificate list as this one.
   * </ul>
   *
   * @param obj The <code>Object</code> to test for equality
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if the specified object is equal to this one, <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  public boolean equals(Object obj)
  {
    if (!(obj instanceof UnresolvedPermission))
      return (false);

    UnresolvedPermission up = (UnresolvedPermission) obj;

    if (!getName().equals(up.getName()))
      return (false);

    if (!getActions().equals(up.getActions()))
      return (false);

    if (!type.equals(up.type))
      return (false);

    if (!certs.equals(up.certs))
      return (false);

    return (true);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a hash code value for this object.
   *
   * @return A hash value
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return (System.identityHashCode(this));
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a <code>String</code> representation of this
   * class.  The format is: '(unresolved "ClassName "name" "actions")'
   *
   * @return A <code>String</code> representation of this object
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    return "(unresolved " + type + " " + getName() + " " + getActions() + ")";
  }

  /**
   * This class returns a <code>PermissionCollection</code> object that can
   * be used to store instances of <code>UnresolvedPermission</code>.  If
   * <code>null</code> is returned, the caller is free to use any desired
   * <code>PermissionCollection</code>.
   *
   * @return A new <code>PermissionCollection</code>.
   */
  public PermissionCollection newPermissionCollection()
  {
    return (null);
  }
}