javax.security.auth

Class AuthPermission

public final class AuthPermission extends BasicPermission

A permission controlling access to authentication service. The actions field of auth permission objects is ignored; the whole of the permission is defined by the target.

The authentication permission targets recognized are:

doAs

Allows access to the Subject methods.

doAsPrivileged

Allows access to the Subject methods.

getSubject

Allows access to the Subject associated with a thread.

getSubjectFromDomainCombiner

Allows access to the Subject associated with a SubjectDomainCombiner.

setReadOnly

Allows a Subject to be marked as read-only.

modifyPrincipals

Allows the set of principals of a subject to be modified.

modifyPublicCredentials

Allows the set of public credentials of a subject to be modified.

modifyPrivateCredentials

Allows the set of private credentials of a subject to be modified.

refreshCredential

Allows a Refreshable credential to be refreshed.

destroyCredential

Allows a Destroyable credential to be destroyed.

createLoginContext.name

Allows a javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext for the given name. name can also be a wildcard ('*'), which allows the creation of a context with any name.

getLoginConfiguration

Allows the system-wide login javax.security.auth.login.Configuration to be retrieved.

setLoginConfiguration

Allows the system-wide login javax.security.auth.login.Configuration to be set.

refreshLoginConfiguration

Allows the system-wide login javax.security.auth.login.Configuration to be refreshed.

Constructor Summary
AuthPermission(String name)
Creates a new authentication permission for the given target name.
AuthPermission(String name, String actions)
Creates a new authentication permission for the given target name.

Constructor Detail

AuthPermission

public AuthPermission(String name)
Creates a new authentication permission for the given target name.

Parameters: name The target name.

AuthPermission

public AuthPermission(String name, String actions)
Creates a new authentication permission for the given target name. The actions list is not used by this class.

Parameters: name The target name. actions The action list.