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Guard.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 1122 Fri Aug 26 14:57:14 BST 2005 java.security

Guard

public interface Guard

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: GuardedObject
version: 1.12 03/12/19
author: Roland Schemers
author: Li Gong

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Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public void checkGuard(java.lang.Object object)
Determines whether or not to allow access to the guarded object object. Returns silently if access is allowed. Otherwise, throws a SecurityException.
param
object the object being protected by the guard.
exception
SecurityException if access is denied.