java.security
Interface Guard

 

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public interface Guard

Represents a guard, which is an object that is used to protect access to another object.

This interface contains a single method, checkGuard, with a single object argument. checkGuard is invoked (by the GuardedObject getObject method) to determine whether or not to allow access to the object.

See Also:
GuardedObject

 

Method Summary

 void checkGuard(Object object)
    Determines whether or not to allow access to the guarded object object.
 

 

Method Detail

 

checkGuard

public void checkGuard(Object object)
                throws SecurityException
Determines whether or not to allow access to the guarded object object. Returns silently if access is allowed. Otherwise, throws a SecurityException.

Parameters:
object - the object being protected by the guard.
Throws:
SecurityException - if access is denied.