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Java Security, 2nd Edition
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Java Security, 2nd Edition

by Scott Oaks
May 2001
Intermediate to advanced
618 pages
20h 50m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Class javax.security.auth.AuthPermission

Synopsis

This class represents permission to interact with the javax.security.auth.Policy, Subject, LoginContext, and Configuration classes. It is a basic permission, so it accepts a name but no actions.

The valid names of this class are:

doAs

Allow calling the Subject.doAs( ) method.

doAsPrivileged

Allow calling the Subject.doAsPrivileged( ) method.

getSubject

Allow calling the Subject.getSubject( ) method.

getSubjectFromDomainCombiner

Allow retrieving a subject that has a domain combiner.

setReadOnly

Allow calling the setReadOnly( ) method of the Subject class.

modifyPrincipals

Allow modifying the set of principals returned by the getPrincipals( ) method of the Subject class.

modifyPublicCredentials

Allow modifying the public credentials of those principals.

getPolicy

Allow calling the getPolicy( ) method of the javax.security.auth.Policy class.

setPolicy

Allow calling the setPolicy( ) method of the javax.security.auth.Policy class.

refreshPolicy

Allow calling the refresh( ) method of the javax.security.auth.Policy class.

refreshCredential

Allow calling the refresh( ) method of a Refreshable object.

destroyCredential

Allow calling the destroy( ) method of a Destroyable object.

createLoginContext

Allow code to instantiate a LoginContext object.

getLoginConfiguration

Allow calling the getConfiguration( ) method of the Configuration class.

setLoginConfiguration

Allow calling the setConfiguration( ) method of the Configuration class.

refreshLoginConfiguration ...
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