org.dvb.application
Class AppsControlPermission

java.lang.Object
  java.security.Permission
      java.security.BasicPermission
          org.dvb.application.AppsControlPermission

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Guard

public final class AppsControlPermission
extends BasicPermission

This class represents a Permission to control the lifecycle of another application.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AppsControlPermission()
Creates a new AppsControlPermission.

AppsControlPermission(String name, String actions)
Creates a new AppsControlPermission.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) Checks for equality against this AppsControlPermission object.
String	getActions() Returns the list of actions that had been passed to the constructor - it shall return null.
int	hashCode() Returns the hash code value for this object.
boolean	implies(Permission permission) Checks if this AppsControlPermission object "implies" the specified permission.

Methods inherited from class java.security.BasicPermission

newPermissionCollection

Methods inherited from class java.security.Permission

checkGuard, getName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AppsControlPermission

public AppsControlPermission()

Creates a new AppsControlPermission. There is a simple mapping between the Application control Permission requests and the way the AppsControlPermission are granted. This mapping is defined in the main body of the present document.

AppsControlPermission

public AppsControlPermission(String name,
                             String actions)

Creates a new AppsControlPermission. There is a simple mapping between the Application control Permission requests and the way the AppsControlPermission are granted. This mapping is defined in the main body of the present document. The actions string is currently unused and should be null. The name string is currently unused and should be empty. This constructor exists for use by the java.security.Policy object to instantiate new permission objects.

Parameters:

name - the name of the permission

actions - the actions string

Method Detail

getActions

public String getActions()

Returns the list of actions that had been passed to the constructor - it shall return null.

Overrides:

getActions in class BasicPermission

Returns:

a null String.

implies

public boolean implies(Permission permission)

Checks if this AppsControlPermission object "implies" the specified permission.

Overrides:

implies in class BasicPermission

Parameters:

permission - the specified permission to check.

Returns:

true if and only if the specified permission is an instanceof AppsControlPermission

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Checks for equality against this AppsControlPermission object.

Overrides:

equals in class BasicPermission

Parameters:

obj - the object to test for equality with this AppsControlPermission object.

Returns:

true if and only if obj is an AppsControlPermission

See Also:

Object.hashCode(), Hashtable

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code value for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class BasicPermission

Returns:

the hash code value for this object.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object), Hashtable