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## javax.security.auth
Class AuthPermission

    java.lang.Object
      java.security.Permission
          java.security.BasicPermission
              javax.security.auth.AuthPermission

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Guard, Serializable

public final class AuthPermission
extends BasicPermission

This class is for authentication permissions. An AuthPermission contains a name (also referred to as a "target name") but no actions list; you either have the named permission or you don't.

The target name is the name of a security configuration parameter (see below). Currently the AuthPermission object is used to guard access to the Policy, Subject, LoginContext, and Configuration objects.

The possible target names for an Authentication Permission are:

    	doAs -			allow the caller to invoke the
    				Subject.doAs methods.

    	doAsPrivileged -	allow the caller to invoke the
    				Subject.doAsPrivileged methods.

    	getSubject -		allow for the retrieval of the
    				Subject(s) associated with the
    				current Thread.

    	getSubjectFromDomainCombiner -	allow for the retrieval of the
    				Subject associated with the
    				a SubjectDomainCombiner.

    	setReadOnly -		allow the caller to set a Subject
    				to be read-only.

    	modifyPrincipals -	allow the caller to modify the Set
    				of Principals associated with a
    				Subject

    	modifyPublicCredentials - allow the caller to modify the
    				Set of public credentials
    				associated with a Subject

    	modifyPrivateCredentials - allow the caller to modify the
    				Set of private credentials
    				associated with a Subject

    	refreshCredential -	allow code to invoke the refresh
    				method on a credential which implements
    				the Refreshable interface.

    	destroyCredential -	allow code to invoke the destroy
    				method on a credential object
    				which implements the Destroyable
    				interface.

    	createLoginContext.{name} -  allow code to instantiate a
    				LoginContext with the
    				specified name.  name
    				is used as the index into the login
    				Configuration.  name
    				can be wildcarded (set to '*') to allow
    				for any name.

    	getLoginConfiguration - allow for the retrieval of the system-wide
    				login Configuration.

    	setLoginConfiguration - allow for the setting of the system-wide
    				login Configuration.

    	refreshLoginConfiguration - allow for the refreshing of the system-wide
    				login Configuration.

The following target name has been deprecated in favor of `createLoginContext.{name}`.

    	createLoginContext -	allow code to instantiate a
    				LoginContext.

`javax.security.auth.Policy` has been deprecated in favor of `java.security.Policy`. Therefore, the following target names have also been deprecated:

    	getPolicy -		allow the caller to retrieve the system-wide
    				Subject-based access control policy.

    	setPolicy -		allow the caller to set the system-wide
    				Subject-based access control policy.

    	refreshPolicy -		allow the caller to refresh the system-wide
    				Subject-based access control policy.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`AuthPermission(String name)` Creates a new AuthPermission with the specified name.
`AuthPermission(String name, String actions)` Creates a new AuthPermission object with the specified name.

Methods inherited from class java.security.BasicPermission
`equals, getActions, hashCode, implies, newPermissionCollection`

Methods inherited from class java.security.Permission
`checkGuard, getName, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### AuthPermission

    public AuthPermission(String name)

  Creates a new AuthPermission with the specified name. The name is the symbolic name of the AuthPermission.

Parameters:
  `name` - the name of the AuthPermission

### AuthPermission

    public AuthPermission(String name,
                          String actions)

  Creates a new AuthPermission object with the specified name. The name is the symbolic name of the AuthPermission, and the actions String is currently unused and should be null.

Parameters:
  `name` - the name of the AuthPermission

  `actions` - should be null.

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