javax.microedition.securityservice

Class SecurityServicePermission

java.lang.Object

java.security.Permission

javax.microedition.securityservice.SecurityServicePermission

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.security.Guard

public final class SecurityServicePermission
extends java.security.Permission

This class represents access to a security service. A SecurityServicePermission contains a name (also referred to as a "target name" but no actions list. The name is the symbolic name of the SecurityServicePermission. The target name "authenticateBinary" allows an application to generate a formatted digital signature from binary data for authentication purposes. No other target names are defined currently.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SecurityServicePermission(java.lang.String name) Creates a new SecurityServicePermission object.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Checks two SecurityServicePermission objects for equality.
java.lang.String	getActions() Returns the canonical string representation of the actions, which is the empty string "", since there are no actions for a SecurityServicePermission.
int	hashCode()
boolean	implies(java.security.Permission p) Checks if the specified permission is "implied" by this object.
java.security.PermissionCollection	newPermissionCollection() Returns a new PermissionCollection object for storing SecurityServicePermission objects.

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

SecurityServicePermission

public SecurityServicePermission(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new SecurityServicePermission object.

Parameters:

name - the name of the SecurityServicePermission

Method Detail

implies

public boolean implies(java.security.Permission p)

Checks if the specified permission is "implied" by this object.

More specifically, this method returns true if:

• p's class is the same as this object's class, and

• p's name equals

Specified by:

implies in class java.security.Permission

Parameters:

p - the permission to check against.

Returns:

true if the passed permission is equal to or implied by this permission, false otherwise.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Checks two SecurityServicePermission objects for equality. Checks that obj's class is the same as this object's class and has the same name as this object.

Specified by:

equals in class java.security.Permission

Parameters:

obj - the object we are testing for equality with this object.

Returns:

true if obj is a SecurityServicePermission, and has the same name as this SecurityServicePermission object, false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in class java.security.Permission

getActions

public java.lang.String getActions()

Returns the canonical string representation of the actions, which is the empty string "", since there are no actions for a SecurityServicePermission.

Specified by:

getActions in class java.security.Permission

Returns:

the empty string "".

newPermissionCollection

public java.security.PermissionCollection newPermissionCollection()

Returns a new PermissionCollection object for storing SecurityServicePermission objects.

A SecurityServicePermissionCollection stores a collection of SecurityServicePermission permissions.

SecurityServicePermission objects must be stored in a manner that allows them to be inserted in any order, but that also enables the PermissionCollection implies method to be implemented in an efficient (and consistent) manner.

Overrides:

newPermissionCollection in class java.security.Permission

Returns:

a new PermissionCollection object suitable for storing SecurityServicePermission.