AccessControlContext.java

/* AccessControlContext.java --- Access Control Context Class
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package java.security;

/**
   AccessControlContext makes system resource access decsion 
   based on permission rights.  

   It is used for a specific context and has only one method
   checkPermission. It is similar to AccessController except
   that it makes decsions based on the current context instead
   of the the current thread.

   It is created by call AccessController.getContext method.

   @author Mark Benvenuto
   @since JDK 1.2
 */
public final class AccessControlContext
{
  private ProtectionDomain protectionDomain[];
  private DomainCombiner combiner;

  /**
     Construct a new AccessControlContext with the specified
     ProtectionDomains. <code>context</code> must not be 
     null and duplicates will be removed.

     @param context The ProtectionDomains to use
   */
  public AccessControlContext(ProtectionDomain[]context)
  {
    int i, j, k, count = context.length, count2 = 0;
    for (i = 0, j = 0; i < count; i++)
      {
	for (k = 0; k < i; k++)
	  if (context[k] == protectionDomain[i])
	    break;
	if (k != i)		//it means previous loop did not complete
	  continue;

	count2++;
      }

    protectionDomain = new ProtectionDomain[count2];
    for (i = 0, j = 0; i < count2; i++)
      {
	for (k = 0; k < i; k++)
	  if (context[k] == protectionDomain[i])
	    break;
	if (k != i)		//it means previous loop did not complete
	  continue;

	protectionDomain[j++] = context[i];
      }
  }

  /**
     Construct a new AccessControlContext with the specified
     ProtectionDomains and DomainCombiner

     @param context The ProtectionDomains to use

     @since JDK 1.3
   */
  public AccessControlContext(AccessControlContext acc,
			      DomainCombiner combiner)
  {
    this(acc.protectionDomain);
    this.combiner = combiner;
  }

  /**
     Returns the Domain Combiner associated with the AccessControlContext

     @returns the DomainCombiner
   */
  public DomainCombiner getDomainCombiner()
  {
    return combiner;
  }

  /**
     Determines whether or not the specific permission is granted
     depending on the context it is within. 

     @param perm a permission to check

     @throws AccessControlException if the permssion is not permitted
   */
  public void checkPermission(Permission perm) throws AccessControlException
  {
    for (int i = 0; i < protectionDomain.length; i++)
      if (protectionDomain[i].implies(perm) == true)
	return;

    throw new AccessControlException("Permission not granted");
  }

  /**
     Checks if two AccessControlContexts are equal.

     It first checks if obj is an AccessControlContext class, and
     then checks if each ProtectionDomain matches.

     @param obj The object to compare this class to

     @return true if equal, false otherwise
   */
  public boolean equals(Object obj)
  {
    if (obj instanceof AccessControlContext)
      {
	AccessControlContext acc = (AccessControlContext) obj;

	if (acc.protectionDomain.length != protectionDomain.length)
	  return false;

	for (int i = 0; i < protectionDomain.length; i++)
	  if (acc.protectionDomain[i] != protectionDomain[i])
	    return false;
	return true;
      }
    return false;
  }

  /**
     Computes a hash code of this class

     @return a hash code representing this class
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    int h = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < protectionDomain.length; i++)
      h ^= protectionDomain[i].hashCode();

    return h;
  }
}