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-rw-r--r--libjava/java/security/acl/Acl.java138
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/security/acl/AclEntry.java132
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/security/acl/AclNotFoundException.java46
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/security/acl/Group.java79
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/security/acl/LastOwnerException.java47
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/security/acl/NotOwnerException.java49
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java84
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/security/acl/Permission.java56
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diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/Acl.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/Acl.java
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+/* Acl.java -- An access control list
+ Copyright (C) 1998 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+/**
+ * A Java access control list (ACL) is a group of individual ACL entries.
+ * These entries consist of a <code>Principal</code> and a list of
+ * permissions this <code>Principal</code> is either granted or denied.
+ * A given <code>Principal</code> can have at most one positive ACL entry
+ * (i.e., one that grants permissions) and one negative ACL entry (i.e., one
+ * that denies permissions). If a given permission is both granted and
+ * denied, the ACL treats it as if it were never granted or denied. If
+ * both a <code>Principal</code> and a <code>Group</code> to which the
+ * <code>Principal</code> belongs have an ACL entry, the permissions for
+ * the individual <code>Principal</code> take precedence over the
+ * permissions of the <code>Group</code> if there is a conflict.
+ * <p
+ * Additionally, the ACL interface extends the <code>Owner</code> interface
+ * and so an ACL has owners. Actions which modify the ACL are restricted
+ * to owners.
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public interface Acl extends Owner
+{
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns the name of this ACL.
+ *
+ * @return The name of this ACL
+ */
+ public abstract String getName();
+
+ /**
+ * This method sets the name of the ACL
+ *
+ * @param caller The <code>Principal</code> requesting the action.
+ * @param name The new name for this ACL.
+ *
+ * @exception NotOwnerException If the caller is not an owner of this ACL.
+ */
+ public abstract void setName(Principal caller, String name)
+ throws NotOwnerException;
+
+ /**
+ * This method adds the specified entry to the ACL
+ *
+ * @param caller The <code>Principal</code> requesting the addition
+ * @param entry The ACL entry to add
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the entry was added, <code>false</code> if there is already an entry of the same type for the <code>Principal</code>.
+ *
+ * @exception NotOwnerException If the caller is not an owner of this ACL.
+ */
+ public abstract boolean addEntry(Principal caller, AclEntry entry)
+ throws NotOwnerException;
+
+ /**
+ * This method delets the specified entry from the ACL
+ *
+ * @param caller The <code>Principal</code> requesting the deletion.
+ * @param entry The ACL entry to delete
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the entry was deleted, or <code>false</code> if this entry was not part of the ACL to begin with
+ *
+ * @exception NotOwnerException If the caller is not an owner of this ACL.
+ */
+ public abstract boolean removeEntry(Principal caller, AclEntry entry)
+ throws NotOwnerException;
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns a list of all the entries in the ACL as an
+ * <code>Enumeration</code>.
+ *
+ * @return An enumeration of the ACL entries
+ */
+ public abstract Enumeration entries();
+
+ /**
+ * This method tests whether or not the specified <code>Principal</code>
+ * has the specified <code>Permission</code>
+ *
+ * @param user The <code>Principal</code> to test
+ * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> to test for
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the user has been granted the permission, <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ public abstract boolean checkPermission(Principal user, Permission perm);
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns a list of <code>Permission</code>'s that are granted
+ * to a particular <code>Principal</code>. This includes any permissions
+ * that are granted to <code>Group</code>'s to which the <code>Principal</code>
+ * belongs unless they are overridden by a negative ACL. This permission
+ * list is returned as an <code>Enumeration</code>.
+ *
+ * @param user The <code>Principal</code> to retrieve permissions for.
+ *
+ * @return A list of permissions for the <code>Principal</code>.
+ */
+ public abstract Enumeration getPermissions(Principal user);
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns the ACL as a <code>String</code>
+ *
+ * @return A <code>String</code> representation of this ACL
+ */
+ public abstract String toString();
+}
diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/AclEntry.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/AclEntry.java
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+/* AclEntry.java -- An entry in an ACL list.
+ Copyright (C) 1998 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+/**
+ * This interface models an entry in an access control list (ACL). Java
+ * ACL's consist of a list of entries, where each consists of a
+ * <code>Principal</code> and a list of <code>Permission</code>'s which
+ * have been granted to that <code>Principal</code>. An ACL can also
+ * be <em>negative</em>, which indicates that the list of
+ * <code>Permission</code>'s is a list of permissions that are <em>not</em>
+ * granted to the <code>Principal</code>. A <code>Principal</code> can
+ * have at most one regular (or positive) ACL entry and one negative
+ * ACL entry.
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public interface AclEntry extends Cloneable
+{
+ /**
+ * This method returns the <code>Principal</code> associated with this
+ * ACL entry.
+ *
+ * @return The <code>Principal</code> for this ACL entry
+ */
+ public abstract Principal getPrincipal();
+
+ /**
+ * This method sets ths <code>Principal</code> associated with this
+ * ACL entry. This operation will only succeed if there is not already
+ * a <code>Principal</code> assigned.
+ *
+ * @param user The <code>Principal</code> for this ACL entry
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the <code>Principal</code> was successfully set or <code>false</code> if this entry already has a <code>Principal</code>.
+ */
+ public abstract boolean setPrincipal(Principal user);
+
+ /**
+ * This method sets this ACL entry to be a <em>negative</em> entry, indicating
+ * that it contains a list of permissions that are <em>not</em> granted
+ * to the entry's <code>Principal</code>. Note that there is no way to
+ * undo this operation.
+ */
+ public abstract void setNegativePermissions();
+
+ /**
+ * This method tests whether or not this ACL entry is a negative entry or not.
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if this ACL entry is negative, <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ public abstract boolean isNegative();
+
+ /**
+ * This method adds the specified permission to this ACL entry.
+ *
+ * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> to add
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the permission was added or <code>false</code> if it was already set for this entry
+ */
+ public abstract boolean addPermission(Permission permission);
+
+ /**
+ * This method deletes the specified permission to this ACL entry.
+ *
+ * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> to delete from this ACL entry.
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the permission was successfully deleted or <code>false</code> if the permission was not part of this ACL to begin with
+ */
+ public abstract boolean removePermission(Permission perm);
+
+ /**
+ * This method tests whether or not the specified permission is associated
+ * with this ACL entry.
+ *
+ * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> to test
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if this permission is associated with this entry or <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ public abstract boolean checkPermission(Permission permission);
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns a list of all <code>Permission</code> objects
+ * associated with this ACL entry as an <code>Enumeration</code>.
+ *
+ * @return A list of permissions for this ACL entry
+ */
+ public abstract Enumeration permissions();
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns this object as a <code>String</code>.
+ *
+ * @return A <code>String</code> representation of this object
+ */
+ public abstract String toString();
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns a clone of this ACL entry
+ *
+ * @return A clone of this ACL entry
+ */
+ public abstract Object clone();
+}
diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/AclNotFoundException.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/AclNotFoundException.java
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+/* AclNotFoundException.java -- What it says
+ Copyright (C) 1998 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+/**
+ * This exception is thrown when a requested access control list (ACL) is
+ * not found.
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public class AclNotFoundException extends Exception
+{
+ /**
+ * Initializes a new instance of this class with no descriptive message
+ */
+ public AclNotFoundException()
+ {
+ super();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/Group.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/Group.java
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+/* Group.java -- Represents a group of Principals
+ Copyright (C) 1998 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+/**
+ * This interface represents a group of <code>Principals</code>. Note that
+ * since this interface extends <code>Principal</code>, a <code>Group</code>
+ * can be used where ever a <code>Principal</code> is requested. This
+ * includes arguments to the methods in this interface.
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public interface Group
+{
+ /**
+ * This method adds a new <code>Principal</code> to this group.
+ *
+ * @param user The new <code>Principal</code> to add
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the user was successfully added or <code>false</code> if the user is already a member
+ */
+ public abstract boolean addMember(Principal user);
+
+ /**
+ * This method deletes a member from the group.
+ *
+ * @param user The <code>Principal</code> to delete
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the user was successfully deleted or <code>false</code> if the user is not a member of the group
+ */
+ public abstract boolean removeMember(Principal user);
+
+ /**
+ * This method tests whether or not a given <code>Principal</code> is a
+ * member of this group.
+ *
+ * @param user The <code>Principal</code> to test for membership
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the user is member, <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ public abstract boolean isMember();
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns a list of all members of the group as an
+ * <code>Enumeration</code>.
+ *
+ * @return The list of all members of the group
+ */
+ public abstract Enumeration members();
+}
diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/LastOwnerException.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/LastOwnerException.java
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+/* LastOwnerException.java -- User attempted to delete last ACL owner
+ Copyright (C) 1998 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+/**
+ * This exception is thrown when an attempt is made to delete the last owner
+ * of an access control list (ACL)
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public class LastOwnerException extends java.lang.Exception
+{
+ /**
+ * Initialize a new instance of <code>LastOwnerException</code> that does
+ * not have a log message.
+ */
+ public LastOwnerException()
+ {
+ super();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/NotOwnerException.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/NotOwnerException.java
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+/* NotOwnerException.java -- Attempt to modify an unowned ACL
+ Copyright (C) 1998 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+/**
+ * This exception is thrown whenever an operation is attempted that requires
+ * the caller to be the owner of the access control list (ACL) when the caller
+ * is in fact not the owner of the ACL.
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public class NotOwnerException extends java.lang.Exception
+{
+
+ /**
+ * Initializes a new instance of <code>NotOwnerException</code> that does
+ * not have a descriptive message.
+ */
+ public NotOwnerException()
+ {
+ super();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6fec0f8fe3
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+++ b/libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java
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+/* Owner.java -- ACL owner
+ Copyright (C) 1998 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+
+/**
+ * This interface provides a mechanism for maintaining a list of owners
+ * of an access control list (ACL). Since a <code>Principal</code> must
+ * be an owner in order to modify the owner list, a mechanism must be
+ * provided to specify the initial owner of the ACL. The proper way to do
+ * this is for the implementing class to specify the initial owner in
+ * the contructor for that class.
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public interface Owner
+{
+ /**
+ * This method adds an owner to the access control list (ACL). Only a
+ * <code>Principal</code> who is already an owner can perform this operation.
+ *
+ * @param caller The <code>Principal</code> who is requesting that an owner be added
+ * @param owner The <code>Principal</code> to add as a new owner
+ *
+ * @param <code>true</code> if the new owner was successfully added or <code>false</code> if the specified new owner is already an owner
+ *
+ * @exception NotOwnerException If the caller is not already an owner of this ACL
+ */
+ public abstract boolean addOwner(Principal caller, Principal owner)
+ throws NotOwnerException;
+
+ /**
+ * This method delets an owner from the access control list (ACL). Only a
+ * <code>Principal</code> who is an owner can perform this operation. An
+ * owner can delete itself from the list. If there is only one
+ * owner remaining on this list, any attempt to delete it will throw an
+ * exception.
+ *
+ * @param caller The <code>Principal</code> who is requesting that an owner be deleted
+ * @param owner The <code>Principal</code> to delete as an owner
+ *
+ * @param <code>true</code> if the new owner was successfully deleted or <code>false</code> if the specified owner is not currently an owner
+ *
+ * @exception NotOwnerException If the caller is not already an owner of this ACL
+ * @exception LastOwnerException If completing the operation would delete the last ACL owner
+ */
+ public abstract boolean deleteOwner(Principal caller, Principal owner)
+ throws NotOwnerException, LastOwnerException;
+
+ /**
+ * This method tests whether or not a given <code>Principal</code> is an
+ * owner of this access control list (ACL).
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the <code>Principal</code> is an owner, <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ public abstract boolean isOwner(Principal owner);
+}
diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/Permission.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/Permission.java
new file mode 100644
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+/* Permission.java -- Information about an ACL permission
+ Copyright (C) 1998 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+/**
+ * This interface provides information about a permission that can be
+ * granted. Note that this is <em>not</em> the same as the class
+ * <code>java.security.Permission</code>.
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public interface Permission
+{
+ /**
+ * This method tests whether or not a specified <code>Permission</code>
+ * (passed as an <code>Object</code>) is the same as this permission.
+ *
+ * @param perm The permission to check for equality
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if the specified permission is the same as this one, <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ public abstract boolean equals(Object perm);
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns this <code>Permission</code> as a <code>String</code>.
+ *
+ * @return A <code>String</code> representing this permission.
+ */
+ public String toString();
+}