Added in API level 1

Summary: Methods

Guard

public interface Guard

java.security.Guard

Known indirect subclasses AllPermission, AuthPermission, BasicPermission, FilePermission, LinkPermission, LoggingPermission, NetPermission, Permission, PrivateCredentialPermission, PropertyPermission, ReflectPermission, RuntimePermission, SQLPermission, SSLPermission, SecurityPermission, SerializablePermission, SocketPermission, UnresolvedPermission AllPermission Android doesn't support SecurityManager.  AuthPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  BasicPermission Android doesn't support SecurityManager.  FilePermission Legacy security code; do not use.  LinkPermission The Permission class for link creation operations.  LoggingPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  NetPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  Permission Android doesn't support SecurityManager.  PrivateCredentialPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  PropertyPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  ReflectPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  RuntimePermission Legacy security code; do not use.  SQLPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  SSLPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  SecurityPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  SerializablePermission This legacy security is not supported on Android.  SocketPermission Legacy security code; do not use.  UnresolvedPermission Legacy security code; do not use.

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This interface 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

Summary

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

Public methods

checkGuard

Added in API level 1

public abstract void checkGuard (Object object)

Determines whether or not to allow access to the guarded object object. Returns silently if access is allowed. Otherwise, throws a SecurityException.

Parameters
object	Object: the object being protected by the guard.

Throws
SecurityException	if access is denied.