Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 33

AclEntry

public interface AclEntry
implements Cloneable

java.security.acl.AclEntry

This interface was deprecated in API level 33.
This class is deprecated and subject to removal in a future version of Java SE. It has been replaced by java.security.Policy and related classes since 1.2.

This is the interface used for representing one entry in an Access Control List (ACL).

An ACL can be thought of as a data structure with multiple ACL entry objects. Each ACL entry object contains a set of permissions associated with a particular principal. (A principal represents an entity such as an individual user or a group). Additionally, each ACL entry is specified as being either positive or negative. If positive, the permissions are to be granted to the associated principal. If negative, the permissions are to be denied. Each principal can have at most one positive ACL entry and one negative entry; that is, multiple positive or negative ACL entries are not allowed for any principal. Note: ACL entries are by default positive. An entry becomes a negative entry only if the setNegativePermissions method is called on it.

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Summary

Public methods

abstract boolean addPermission(Permission permission)

Adds the specified permission to this ACL entry.

abstract boolean checkPermission(Permission permission)

Checks if the specified permission is part of the permission set in this entry.

abstract Object clone()

Clones this ACL entry.

abstract Principal getPrincipal()

Returns the principal for which permissions are granted or denied by this ACL entry.

abstract boolean isNegative()

Returns true if this is a negative ACL entry (one denying the associated principal the set of permissions in the entry), false otherwise.

abstract Enumeration<Permission> permissions()

Returns an enumeration of the permissions in this ACL entry.

abstract boolean removePermission(Permission permission)

Removes the specified permission from this ACL entry.

abstract void setNegativePermissions()

Sets this ACL entry to be a negative one.

abstract boolean setPrincipal(Principal user)

Specifies the principal for which permissions are granted or denied by this ACL entry.

abstract String toString()

Returns a string representation of the contents of this ACL entry.

Public methods

addPermission

Added in API level 1 
public abstract boolean addPermission (Permission permission)

Adds the specified permission to this ACL entry. Note: An entry can have multiple permissions.

Parameters
permission Permission: the permission to be associated with the principal in this entry.
Returns
boolean true if the permission was added, false if the permission was already part of this entry's permission set.

checkPermission

Added in API level 1 
public abstract boolean checkPermission (Permission permission)

Checks if the specified permission is part of the permission set in this entry.

Parameters
permission Permission: the permission to be checked for.
Returns
boolean true if the permission is part of the permission set in this entry, false otherwise.

clone

Added in API level 1 
public abstract Object clone ()

Clones this ACL entry.

Returns
Object a clone of this ACL entry.

getPrincipal

Added in API level 1 
public abstract Principal getPrincipal ()

Returns the principal for which permissions are granted or denied by this ACL entry. Returns null if there is no principal set for this entry yet.

Returns
Principal the principal associated with this entry.

isNegative

Added in API level 1 
public abstract boolean isNegative ()

Returns true if this is a negative ACL entry (one denying the associated principal the set of permissions in the entry), false otherwise.

Returns
boolean true if this is a negative ACL entry, false if it's not.

permissions

Added in API level 1 
public abstract Enumeration<Permission> permissions ()

Returns an enumeration of the permissions in this ACL entry.

Returns
Enumeration<Permission> an enumeration of the permissions in this ACL entry.

removePermission

Added in API level 1 
public abstract boolean removePermission (Permission permission)

Removes the specified permission from this ACL entry.

Parameters
permission Permission: the permission to be removed from this entry.
Returns
boolean true if the permission is removed, false if the permission was not part of this entry's permission set.

setNegativePermissions

Added in API level 1 
public abstract void setNegativePermissions ()

Sets this ACL entry to be a negative one. That is, the associated principal (e.g., a user or a group) will be denied the permission set specified in the entry. Note: ACL entries are by default positive. An entry becomes a negative entry only if this setNegativePermissions method is called on it.

setPrincipal

Added in API level 1 
public abstract boolean setPrincipal (Principal user)

Specifies the principal for which permissions are granted or denied by this ACL entry. If a principal was already set for this ACL entry, false is returned, otherwise true is returned.

Parameters
user Principal: the principal to be set for this entry.
Returns
boolean true if the principal is set, false if there was already a principal set for this entry.

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toString

Added in API level 1 
public abstract String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the contents of this ACL entry.

Returns
String a string representation of the contents.