PrivilegedExceptionAction.java revision 2362
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package java.security;
/**
* A computation to be performed with privileges enabled, that throws one or
* more checked exceptions. The computation is performed by invoking
* <code>AccessController.doPrivileged</code> on the
* <code>PrivilegedExceptionAction</code> object. This interface is
* used only for computations that throw checked exceptions;
* computations that do not throw
* checked exceptions should use <code>PrivilegedAction</code> instead.
*
* @see AccessController
* @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)
* @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,
* AccessControlContext)
* @see PrivilegedAction
*/
public interface PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> {
/**
* Performs the computation. This method will be called by
* <code>AccessController.doPrivileged</code> after enabling privileges.
*
* @return a class-dependent value that may represent the results of the
* computation. Each class that implements
* <code>PrivilegedExceptionAction</code> should document what
* (if anything) this value represents.
* @throws Exception an exceptional condition has occurred. Each class
* that implements <code>PrivilegedExceptionAction</code> should
* document the exceptions that its run method can throw.
* @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)
* @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,AccessControlContext)
*/
T run() throws Exception;
}