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public class AccessibleObject extends Object implements AnnotatedElement
The AccessibleObject class is the base class for Field, Method and Constructor objects. It provides the ability to flag a reflected object as suppressing default Java language access control checks when it is used. The access checks--for public, default (package) access, protected, and private members--are performed when Fields, Methods or Constructors are used to set or get fields, to invoke methods, or to create and initialize new instances of classes, respectively.
Setting the accessible flag in a reflected object permits sophisticated applications with sufficient privilege, such as Java Object Serialization or other persistence mechanisms, to manipulate objects in a manner that would normally be prohibited.
Constructor Summary | |
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protected |
Constructor: only used by the Java Virtual Machine. |
Method Summary | |
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Annotation |
getAnnotation(Class annotationClass) |
Annotation[] |
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Annotation[] |
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boolean |
Get the value of the accessible flag for this object. |
boolean |
isAnnotationPresent(Class annotationClass) |
static void |
setAccessible(AccessibleObject[] array, boolean flag) Convenience method to set the accessible flag for an array of objects with a single security check (for efficiency). |
void |
setAccessible(boolean flag) Set the accessible flag for this object to the indicated boolean value. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
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clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
Constructor Detail |
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protected AccessibleObject()
Method Detail |
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public Annotation getAnnotation(Class annotationClass)
annotationClass
public Annotation[] getAnnotations()
public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()
public boolean isAccessible()
public boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class annotationClass)
annotationClass
public static void setAccessible(AccessibleObject[] array, boolean flag) throws SecurityException
First, if there is a security manager, its
checkPermission
method is called with a
ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")
permission.
A SecurityException
is raised if flag
is
true
but accessibility of any of the elements of the input
array
may not be changed (for example, if the element
object is a {@link Constructor} object for the class {@link
java.lang.Class}). In the event of such a SecurityException, the
accessibility of objects is set to flag
for array elements
upto (and excluding) the element for which the exception occurred; the
accessibility of elements beyond (and including) the element for which
the exception occurred is unchanged.
array
- the array of AccessibleObjectsflag
- the new value for the accessible flag
in each objectSecurityException
- if the request is denied.public void setAccessible(boolean flag) throws SecurityException
First, if there is a security manager, its
checkPermission
method is called with a
ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")
permission.
A SecurityException
is raised if flag
is
true
but accessibility of this object may not be changed
(for example, if this element object is a {@link Constructor} object for
the class {@link java.lang.Class}).
A SecurityException
is raised if this object is a {@link
java.lang.reflect.Constructor} object for the class
java.lang.Class
, and flag
is true.
flag
- the new value for the accessible flagSecurityException
- if the request is denied.
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