Class AccessibleObject
- java.lang.Object
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- java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject
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- All Implemented Interfaces:
- AnnotatedElement
- Direct Known Subclasses:
- Executable, Field
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.By default, a reflected object is not accessible.
- Since:
- 1.2
- See Also:
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Field
,Method
,Constructor
,ReflectPermission
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Modifier Constructor and Description protected
AccessibleObject()
Constructor: only used by the Java Virtual Machine.
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description <T extends Annotation>
TgetAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.Annotation[]
getAnnotations()
Returns annotations that are present on this element.<T extends Annotation>
T[]getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
Returns annotations that are associated with this element.<T extends Annotation>
TgetDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is directly present, else null.Annotation[]
getDeclaredAnnotations()
Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.<T extends Annotation>
T[]getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
Returns this element's annotation(s) for the specified type if such annotations are either directly present or indirectly present.boolean
isAccessible()
Get the value of theaccessible
flag for this object.boolean
isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)
Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.static void
setAccessible(AccessibleObject[] array, boolean flag)
Convenience method to set theaccessible
flag for an array of objects with a single security check (for efficiency).void
setAccessible(boolean flag)
Set theaccessible
flag for this object to the indicated boolean value.
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Constructor Detail
AccessibleObject
protected AccessibleObject()
Constructor: only used by the Java Virtual Machine.
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Method Detail
setAccessible
public static void setAccessible(AccessibleObject[] array, boolean flag) throws SecurityException
Convenience method to set theaccessible
flag for an array of objects with a single security check (for efficiency).First, if there is a security manager, its
checkPermission
method is called with aReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")
permission.A
SecurityException
is raised ifflag
istrue
but accessibility of any of the elements of the inputarray
may not be changed (for example, if the element object is aConstructor
object for the classClass
). In the event of such a SecurityException, the accessibility of objects is set toflag
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.- Parameters:
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array
- the array of AccessibleObjects -
flag
- the new value for theaccessible
flag in each object - Throws:
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SecurityException
- if the request is denied. - See Also:
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SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission)
,RuntimePermission
setAccessible
public void setAccessible(boolean flag) throws SecurityException
Set theaccessible
flag for this object to the indicated boolean value. A value oftrue
indicates that the reflected object should suppress Java language access checking when it is used. A value offalse
indicates that the reflected object should enforce Java language access checks.First, if there is a security manager, its
checkPermission
method is called with aReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")
permission.A
SecurityException
is raised ifflag
istrue
but accessibility of this object may not be changed (for example, if this element object is aConstructor
object for the classClass
).A
SecurityException
is raised if this object is aConstructor
object for the classjava.lang.Class
, andflag
is true.- Parameters:
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flag
- the new value for theaccessible
flag - Throws:
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SecurityException
- if the request is denied. - See Also:
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SecurityManager.checkPermission(java.security.Permission)
,RuntimePermission
isAccessible
public boolean isAccessible()
Get the value of theaccessible
flag for this object.- Returns:
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the value of the object's
accessible
flag
getAnnotation
public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
Description copied from interface:AnnotatedElement
Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.- Specified by:
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getAnnotation
in interfaceAnnotatedElement
- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the annotation to query for and return if present - Parameters:
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annotationClass
- the Class object corresponding to the annotation type - Returns:
- this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if present on this element, else null
- Throws:
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NullPointerException
- if the given annotation class is null - Since:
- 1.5
isAnnotationPresent
public boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)
Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false. This method is designed primarily for convenient access to marker annotations.The truth value returned by this method is equivalent to:
getAnnotation(annotationClass) != null
The body of the default method is specified to be the code above.
- Specified by:
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isAnnotationPresent
in interfaceAnnotatedElement
- Parameters:
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annotationClass
- the Class object corresponding to the annotation type - Returns:
- true if an annotation for the specified annotation type is present on this element, else false
- Throws:
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NullPointerException
- if the given annotation class is null - Since:
- 1.5
getAnnotationsByType
public <T extends Annotation> T[] getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
Description copied from interface:AnnotatedElement
Returns annotations that are associated with this element. If there are no annotations associated with this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The difference between this method andAnnotatedElement.getAnnotation(Class)
is that this method detects if its argument is a repeatable annotation type (JLS 9.6), and if so, attempts to find one or more annotations of that type by "looking through" a container annotation. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.- Specified by:
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getAnnotationsByType
in interfaceAnnotatedElement
- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the annotation to query for and return if present - Parameters:
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annotationClass
- the Class object corresponding to the annotation type - Returns:
- all this element's annotations for the specified annotation type if associated with this element, else an array of length zero
- Throws:
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NullPointerException
- if the given annotation class is null - Since:
- 1.8
getAnnotations
public Annotation[] getAnnotations()
Description copied from interface:AnnotatedElement
Returns annotations that are present on this element. If there are no annotations present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.- Specified by:
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getAnnotations
in interfaceAnnotatedElement
- Returns:
- annotations present on this element
- Since:
- 1.5
getDeclaredAnnotation
public <T extends Annotation> T getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
Description copied from interface:AnnotatedElement
Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is directly present, else null. This method ignores inherited annotations. (Returns null if no annotations are directly present on this element.)- Specified by:
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getDeclaredAnnotation
in interfaceAnnotatedElement
- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the annotation to query for and return if directly present - Parameters:
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annotationClass
- the Class object corresponding to the annotation type - Returns:
- this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if directly present on this element, else null
- Throws:
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NullPointerException
- if the given annotation class is null - Since:
- 1.8
getDeclaredAnnotationsByType
public <T extends Annotation> T[] getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
Description copied from interface:AnnotatedElement
Returns this element's annotation(s) for the specified type if such annotations are either directly present or indirectly present. This method ignores inherited annotations. If there are no specified annotations directly or indirectly present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The difference between this method andAnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotation(Class)
is that this method detects if its argument is a repeatable annotation type (JLS 9.6), and if so, attempts to find one or more annotations of that type by "looking through" a container annotation if one is present. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.- Specified by:
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getDeclaredAnnotationsByType
in interfaceAnnotatedElement
- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the annotation to query for and return if directly or indirectly present - Parameters:
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annotationClass
- the Class object corresponding to the annotation type - Returns:
- all this element's annotations for the specified annotation type if directly or indirectly present on this element, else an array of length zero
- Throws:
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NullPointerException
- if the given annotation class is null - Since:
- 1.8
getDeclaredAnnotations
public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()
Description copied from interface:AnnotatedElement
Returns annotations that are directly present on this element. This method ignores inherited annotations. If there are no annotations directly present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.- Specified by:
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getDeclaredAnnotations
in interfaceAnnotatedElement
- Returns:
- annotations directly present on this element
- Since:
- 1.5
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