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+/* java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject
+ Copyright (C) 2001, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package java.lang.reflect;
+
+/**
+ * This class is the superclass of various reflection classes, and
+ * allows sufficiently trusted code to bypass normal restrictions to
+ * do necessary things like invoke private methods outside of the
+ * class during Serialization. If you don't have a good reason
+ * to mess with this, don't try. Fortunately, there are adequate
+ * security checks before you can set a reflection object as accessible.
+ *
+ * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
+ * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
+ * @see Field
+ * @see Constructor
+ * @see Method
+ * @see ReflectPermission
+ * @since 1.2
+ * @status updated to 1.4
+ */
+public class AccessibleObject
+{
+ /**
+ * True if this object is marked accessible, which means the reflected
+ * object bypasses normal security checks.
+ */
+ // default visibility for use by inherited classes
+ boolean flag = false;
+
+ /**
+ * Only the three reflection classes that extend this can create an
+ * accessible object. This is not serializable for security reasons.
+ */
+ protected AccessibleObject()
+ {
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return the accessibility status of this object.
+ *
+ * @return true if this object bypasses security checks
+ */
+ public boolean isAccessible()
+ {
+ return flag;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Convenience method to set the flag on a number of objects with a single
+ * security check. If a security manager exists, it is checked for
+ * <code>ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")</code>.<p>
+ *
+ * It is forbidden to set the accessibility flag to true on any constructor
+ * for java.lang.Class. This will result in a SecurityException. If the
+ * SecurityException is thrown for any of the passed AccessibleObjects,
+ * the accessibility flag will be set on AccessibleObjects in the array prior
+ * to the one which resulted in the exception.
+ *
+ * @param array the array of accessible objects
+ * @param flag the desired state of accessibility, true to bypass security
+ * @throws NullPointerException if array is null
+ * @throws SecurityException if the request is denied
+ * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission(java.security.Permission)
+ * @see RuntimePermission
+ */
+ public static void setAccessible(AccessibleObject[] array, boolean flag)
+ {
+ checkPermission();
+ for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
+ array[i].secureSetAccessible(flag);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the accessibility flag for this reflection object. If a security
+ * manager exists, it is checked for
+ * <code>ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")</code>.<p>
+ *
+ * It is forbidden to set the accessibility flag to true on any constructor for
+ * java.lang.Class. This will result in a SecurityException.
+ *
+ * @param flag the desired state of accessibility, true to bypass security
+ * @throws NullPointerException if array is null
+ * @throws SecurityException if the request is denied
+ * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission(java.security.Permission)
+ * @see RuntimePermission
+ */
+ public void setAccessible(boolean flag)
+ {
+ checkPermission();
+ secureSetAccessible(flag);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Performs the specified security check, for
+ * <code>ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")</code>.
+ *
+ * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
+ */
+ private static void checkPermission()
+ {
+ SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
+ if (sm != null)
+ sm.checkPermission(new ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks"));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Performs the actual accessibility change, this must always be invoked
+ * after calling checkPermission.
+ *
+ * @param flag the desired status
+ * @throws SecurityException if flag is true and this is a constructor
+ * for <code>java.lang.Class</code>.
+ */
+ private void secureSetAccessible(boolean flag)
+ {
+ if (flag &&
+ (this instanceof Constructor
+ && ((Constructor) this).getDeclaringClass() == Class.class))
+ throw new SecurityException("Cannot make object accessible: " + this);
+ this.flag = flag;
+ }
+}