From 81bc01c265b5115163d06812174653e1db13d537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:42:42 +0000
Subject: Re-merges with Classpath, from various people:

	* java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java: Reindented.
	(toString): Only trim trailing space if text was added to
	StringBuffer.
	* java/lang/reflect/ReflectPermission: Reindented.

From-SVN: r47028
---
 libjava/java/lang/reflect/ReflectPermission.java | 49 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'libjava/java/lang/reflect/ReflectPermission.java')

diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/reflect/ReflectPermission.java b/libjava/java/lang/reflect/ReflectPermission.java
index cce3235..2775b1f 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/reflect/ReflectPermission.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/reflect/ReflectPermission.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* ReflectPermission.java - named permission for reflaction
-   Copyright (C) 2000, 2001  Free Software Foundation
+   Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Classpath.
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
 /* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
  * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
  * plus online API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
- * Status: Believed complete and correct to version 1.2.
  */
 
 package java.lang.reflect;
@@ -36,29 +35,57 @@ import java.security.BasicPermission;
 
 /**
  * This class implements permissions for reflection.  This is a named
- * permission, and the only defined name is suppressAccessChecks.
+ * permission, and the only defined name is suppressAccessChecks, which
+ * allows suppression of normal Java objects when using reflection.
+ *
+ * <table>
+ *  <tr>
+ *   <th>Permission Target Name</th>
+ *   <th>What Permission Allows</th>
+ *   <th>Risk of Allowing Permission</th>
+ *  </tr>
+ *  <tr>
+ *   <td><code>suppressAccessChecks</code></td>
+ *   <td>Ability to access fields, invoke methods, and construct objects
+ *       via reflection, including non-public members in contexts where
+ *       such access is not legal at compile-time.</td>
+ *   <td>This is dangerous. It exposes possibly confidential information,
+ *       and malicious code could interfere with the internals of the Virtual
+ *       Machine by corrupting private data.</td>
+ *  </tr>
+ * </table>
  *
  * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
- * @date November 18, 2000
+ * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
+ * @since 1.2
+ * @status updated to 1.4
  */
-public final class ReflectPermission extends BasicPermission
+public final class ReflectPermission
+  extends BasicPermission
 {
   /**
+   * Compatible with JDK 1.2.
+   */
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 7412737110241507485L;
+
+  /**
    * Construct a ReflectPermission with the given name.
+   *
    * @param name The permission name
    */
-  public ReflectPermission (String name)
+  public ReflectPermission(String name)
   {
-    super (name);
+    super(name);
   }
 
   /**
    * Construct a ReflectPermission with the given name.
+   *
    * @param name The permission name
-   * @param actions The actions; this is ignored and should be null.
+   * @param actions The actions; this is ignored and should be null
    */
-  public ReflectPermission (String name, String actions)
+  public ReflectPermission(String name, String actions)
   {
-    super (name, actions);
+    super(name, actions);
   }
 }
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