Java Security, 2nd Edition

Name

Runtime Permissions

Type

java.lang.RuntimePermission

Name

Various. All names in this class are dot-separated names and are subject to the same wildcard asterisk matching as the property permission class. Here is a list of the names of the runtime permissions used by the core Java API:

accessClassInPackage.<name>

Allow code to access classes in the named package.

accessDeclaredMembers

Allow code to use reflection to access the private or protected members of other classes.

createClassLoader

Allow code to instantiate a class loader.

createSecurityManager

Allow code to instantiate a security manager, which programmatically controls the sandbox.

defineClassInPackage.<name>

Allow code to define classes in the named package.

exitVM

Allow code to shut down the entire virtual machine.

getClassLoader

Allow code to retrieve the class loader for a particular class.

getProtectionDomain

Allow code to retrieve a protection domain object for a particular class.

loadlibrary.<name>

Allow code to load the library with the given name.

modifyThread

Allow code to change certain thread parameters.

modifyThreadGroup

Allow code to change certain thread group parameters.

queuePrintJob

Allow code to initiate a print job.

readFileDescriptor

Allow code to read file descriptors (certain files opened by code in other protection domains).

setContextClassLoader

Allow code to set the context class loader for a thread.

setFactory

Allow code to create socket factories.

setIO

Allow code to redirect the System.in, System.out, or System.err ...