/* * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package java.security; import sun.security.util.Debug; import sun.reflect.CallerSensitive; import sun.reflect.Reflection; /** *
The AccessController class is used for access control operations * and decisions. * *
More specifically, the AccessController class is used for * three purposes: * *
*
*
The {@link #checkPermission(Permission) checkPermission} method
* determines whether the access request indicated by a specified
* permission should be granted or denied. A sample call appears
* below. In this example, checkPermission will determine
* whether or not to grant "read" access to the file named "testFile" in
* the "/temp" directory.
*
*
*
* FilePermission perm = new FilePermission("/temp/testFile", "read");
* AccessController.checkPermission(perm);
*
*
*
* If a requested access is allowed,
* checkPermission returns quietly. If denied, an
* AccessControlException is
* thrown. AccessControlException can also be thrown if the requested
* permission is of an incorrect type or contains an invalid value.
* Such information is given whenever possible.
*
* Suppose the current thread traversed m callers, in the order of caller 1
* to caller 2 to caller m. Then caller m invoked the
* checkPermission method.
* The checkPermission method determines whether access
* is granted or denied based on the following algorithm:
*
*
{@code
* for (int i = m; i > 0; i--) {
*
* if (caller i's domain does not have the permission)
* throw AccessControlException
*
* else if (caller i is marked as privileged) {
* if (a context was specified in the call to doPrivileged)
* context.checkPermission(permission)
* return;
* }
* };
*
* // Next, check the context inherited when the thread was created.
* // Whenever a new thread is created, the AccessControlContext at
* // that time is stored and associated with the new thread, as the
* // "inherited" context.
*
* inheritedContext.checkPermission(permission);
* }
*
* A caller can be marked as being "privileged"
* (see {@link #doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction) doPrivileged} and below).
* When making access control decisions, the checkPermission
* method stops checking if it reaches a caller that
* was marked as "privileged" via a doPrivileged
* call without a context argument (see below for information about a
* context argument). If that caller's domain has the
* specified permission, no further checking is done and
* checkPermission
* returns quietly, indicating that the requested access is allowed.
* If that domain does not have the specified permission, an exception
* is thrown, as usual.
*
*
The normal use of the "privileged" feature is as follows. If you * don't need to return a value from within the "privileged" block, do * the following: * *
{@code
* somemethod() {
* ...normal code here...
* AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction() {
* public Void run() {
* // privileged code goes here, for example:
* System.loadLibrary("awt");
* return null; // nothing to return
* }
* });
* ...normal code here...
* }}
*
*
* PrivilegedAction is an interface with a single method, named
* run.
* The above example shows creation of an implementation
* of that interface; a concrete implementation of the
* run method is supplied.
* When the call to doPrivileged is made, an
* instance of the PrivilegedAction implementation is passed
* to it. The doPrivileged method calls the
* run method from the PrivilegedAction
* implementation after enabling privileges, and returns the
* run method's return value as the
* doPrivileged return value (which is
* ignored in this example).
*
*
If you need to return a value, you can do something like the following: * *
{@code
* somemethod() {
* ...normal code here...
* String user = AccessController.doPrivileged(
* new PrivilegedAction() {
* public String run() {
* return System.getProperty("user.name");
* }
* });
* ...normal code here...
* }}
*
* If the action performed in your run method could
* throw a "checked" exception (those listed in the throws clause
* of a method), then you need to use the
* PrivilegedExceptionAction interface instead of the
* PrivilegedAction interface:
*
*
{@code
* somemethod() throws FileNotFoundException {
* ...normal code here...
* try {
* FileInputStream fis = AccessController.doPrivileged(
* new PrivilegedExceptionAction() {
* public FileInputStream run() throws FileNotFoundException {
* return new FileInputStream("someFile");
* }
* });
* } catch (PrivilegedActionException e) {
* // e.getException() should be an instance of FileNotFoundException,
* // as only "checked" exceptions will be "wrapped" in a
* // PrivilegedActionException.
* throw (FileNotFoundException) e.getException();
* }
* ...normal code here...
* }}
*
* Be *very* careful in your use of the "privileged" construct, and * always remember to make the privileged code section as small as possible. * *
Note that checkPermission always performs security checks
* within the context of the currently executing thread.
* Sometimes a security check that should be made within a given context
* will actually need to be done from within a
* different context (for example, from within a worker thread).
* The {@link #getContext() getContext} method and
* AccessControlContext class are provided
* for this situation. The getContext method takes a "snapshot"
* of the current calling context, and places
* it in an AccessControlContext object, which it returns. A sample call is
* the following:
*
*
* * AccessControlContext acc = AccessController.getContext() * ** *
* AccessControlContext itself has a checkPermission method
* that makes access decisions based on the context it encapsulates,
* rather than that of the current execution thread.
* Code within a different context can thus call that method on the
* previously-saved AccessControlContext object. A sample call is the
* following:
*
*
* * acc.checkPermission(permission) * ** *
There are also times where you don't know a priori which permissions * to check the context against. In these cases you can use the * doPrivileged method that takes a context: * *
{@code
* somemethod() {
* AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction
*
* @see AccessControlContext
*
* @author Li Gong
* @author Roland Schemers
*/
public final class AccessController {
/**
* Don't allow anyone to instantiate an AccessController
*/
private AccessController() { }
/**
* Performs the specified PrivilegedAction with privileges
* enabled. The action is performed with all of the permissions
* possessed by the caller's protection domain.
*
* If the action's run method throws an (unchecked)
* exception, it will propagate through this method.
*
*
Note that any DomainCombiner associated with the current
* AccessControlContext will be ignored while the action is performed.
*
* @param action the action to be performed.
*
* @return the value returned by the action's If the action's This method preserves the current AccessControlContext's
* DomainCombiner (which may be null) while the action is performed.
*
* @param action the action to be performed.
*
* @return the value returned by the action's
* If the action's If the action's Note that any DomainCombiner associated with the current
* AccessControlContext will be ignored while the action is performed.
*
* @param action the action to be performed
*
* @return the value returned by the action's If the action's This method preserves the current AccessControlContext's
* DomainCombiner (which may be null) while the action is performed.
*
* @param action the action to be performed.
*
* @return the value returned by the action's
* If the action's run method.
*
* @exception NullPointerException if the action is null
*
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction,AccessControlContext)
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)
* @see #doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedAction)
* @see java.security.DomainCombiner
*/
@CallerSensitive
public static native PrivilegedAction with privileges
* enabled. The action is performed with all of the permissions
* possessed by the caller's protection domain.
*
* run method throws an (unchecked)
* exception, it will propagate through this method.
*
* run method.
*
* @exception NullPointerException if the action is null
*
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)
* @see java.security.DomainCombiner
*
* @since 1.6
*/
@CallerSensitive
public static PrivilegedAction with privileges
* enabled and restricted by the specified
* AccessControlContext.
* The action is performed with the intersection of the permissions
* possessed by the caller's protection domain, and those possessed
* by the domains represented by the specified
* AccessControlContext.
* run method throws an (unchecked) exception,
* it will propagate through this method.
*
* @param action the action to be performed.
* @param context an access control context
* representing the restriction to be applied to the
* caller's domain's privileges before performing
* the specified action. If the context is
* null,
* then no additional restriction is applied.
*
* @return the value returned by the action's run method.
*
* @exception NullPointerException if the action is null
*
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,AccessControlContext)
*/
@CallerSensitive
public static native PrivilegedExceptionAction with
* privileges enabled. The action is performed with all of the
* permissions possessed by the caller's protection domain.
*
* run method throws an unchecked
* exception, it will propagate through this method.
*
* run method
*
* @exception PrivilegedActionException if the specified action's
* run method threw a checked exception
* @exception NullPointerException if the action is null
*
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,AccessControlContext)
* @see #doPrivilegedWithCombiner(PrivilegedExceptionAction)
* @see java.security.DomainCombiner
*/
@CallerSensitive
public static native PrivilegedExceptionAction with
* privileges enabled. The action is performed with all of the
* permissions possessed by the caller's protection domain.
*
* run method throws an unchecked
* exception, it will propagate through this method.
*
* run method
*
* @exception PrivilegedActionException if the specified action's
* run method threw a checked exception
* @exception NullPointerException if the action is null
*
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,AccessControlContext)
* @see java.security.DomainCombiner
*
* @since 1.6
*/
@CallerSensitive
public static PrivilegedExceptionAction with
* privileges enabled and restricted by the specified
* AccessControlContext. The action is performed with the
* intersection of the permissions possessed by the caller's
* protection domain, and those possessed by the domains represented by the
* specified AccessControlContext.
* run method throws an unchecked
* exception, it will propagate through this method.
*
* @param action the action to be performed
* @param context an access control context
* representing the restriction to be applied to the
* caller's domain's privileges before performing
* the specified action. If the context is
* null,
* then no additional restriction is applied.
*
* @return the value returned by the action's run method
*
* @exception PrivilegedActionException if the specified action's
* run method
* threw a checked exception
* @exception NullPointerException if the action is null
*
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)
* @see #doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,AccessControlContext)
*/
@CallerSensitive
public static native perm Permission object instance.
*
* @param perm the requested permission.
*
* @exception AccessControlException if the specified permission
* is not permitted, based on the current security policy.
* @exception NullPointerException if the specified permission
* is null and is checked based on the
* security policy currently in effect.
*/
public static void checkPermission(Permission perm)
throws AccessControlException
{
//System.err.println("checkPermission "+perm);
//Thread.currentThread().dumpStack();
if (perm == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("permission can't be null");
}
AccessControlContext stack = getStackAccessControlContext();
// if context is null, we had privileged system code on the stack.
if (stack == null) {
Debug debug = AccessControlContext.getDebug();
boolean dumpDebug = false;
if (debug != null) {
dumpDebug = !Debug.isOn("codebase=");
dumpDebug &= !Debug.isOn("permission=") ||
Debug.isOn("permission=" + perm.getClass().getCanonicalName());
}
if (dumpDebug && Debug.isOn("stack")) {
Thread.currentThread().dumpStack();
}
if (dumpDebug && Debug.isOn("domain")) {
debug.println("domain (context is null)");
}
if (dumpDebug) {
debug.println("access allowed "+perm);
}
return;
}
AccessControlContext acc = stack.optimize();
acc.checkPermission(perm);
}
}