ProtectionDomain : Java Glossary

2007-11-23 by Roedy Green ©1996-2008 Canadian Mind Products
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ProtectionDomain

An object defining the permissions for a group of classes. You can get hold of it given the Class object with Class. getProtectionDomain. From there you can get the CodeSource (the location i.e. class file URL and CodeSigners), Permissions and Principals.

Learning More

Sun’s Javadoc on the ProtectionDomain class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on Class.getProtectionDomain : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on the CodeSource class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on the PermissionCollection class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on the Principal class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_16 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local J: drive.

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