jdk/src/share/classes/java/security/Policy.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 1997-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+
+
+package java.security;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.RuntimePermission;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Vector;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+import java.util.PropertyPermission;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+import sun.security.util.Debug;
+import sun.security.jca.GetInstance;
+import sun.security.util.SecurityConstants;
+
+
+/**
+ * A Policy object is responsible for determining whether code executing
+ * in the Java runtime environment has permission to perform a
+ * security-sensitive operation.
+ *
+ * <p> There is only one Policy object installed in the runtime at any
+ * given time.  A Policy object can be installed by calling the
+ * <code>setPolicy</code> method.  The installed Policy object can be
+ * obtained by calling the <code>getPolicy</code> method.
+ *
+ * <p> If no Policy object has been installed in the runtime, a call to
+ * <code>getPolicy</code> installs an instance of the default Policy
+ * implementation (a default subclass implementation of this abstract class).
+ * The default Policy implementation can be changed by setting the value
+ * of the "policy.provider" security property (in the Java security properties
+ * file) to the fully qualified name of the desired Policy subclass
+ * implementation.  The Java security properties file is located in the
+ * file named &lt;JAVA_HOME&gt;/lib/security/java.security.
+ * &lt;JAVA_HOME&gt; refers to the value of the java.home system property,
+ * and specifies the directory where the JRE is installed.
+ *
+ * <p> Application code can directly subclass Policy to provide a custom
+ * implementation.  In addition, an instance of a Policy object can be
+ * constructed by invoking one of the <code>getInstance</code> factory methods
+ * with a standard type.  The default policy type is "JavaPolicy".
+ * See Appendix A in the <a href="../../../technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html#AppA">
+ * Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification &amp; Reference </a>
+ * for a list of standard Policy types.
+ *
+ * <p> Once a Policy instance has been installed (either by default, or by
+ * calling <code>setPolicy</code>),
+ * the Java runtime invokes its <code>implies</code> when it needs to
+ * determine whether executing code (encapsulated in a ProtectionDomain)
+ * can perform SecurityManager-protected operations.  How a Policy object
+ * retrieves its policy data is up to the Policy implementation itself.
+ * The policy data may be stored, for example, in a flat ASCII file,
+ * in a serialized binary file of the Policy class, or in a database.
+ *
+ * <p> The <code>refresh</code> method causes the policy object to
+ * refresh/reload its data.  This operation is implementation-dependent.
+ * For example, if the policy object stores its data in configuration files,
+ * calling <code>refresh</code> will cause it to re-read the configuration
+ * policy files.  If a refresh operation is not supported, this method does
+ * nothing.  Note that refreshed policy may not have an effect on classes
+ * in a particular ProtectionDomain. This is dependent on the Policy
+ * provider's implementation of the <code>implies</code>
+ * method and its PermissionCollection caching strategy.
+ *
+ * @author Roland Schemers
+ * @author Gary Ellison
+ * @see java.security.Provider
+ * @see java.security.ProtectionDomain
+ * @see java.security.Permission
+ */
+
+public abstract class Policy {
+
+    /**
+     * A read-only empty PermissionCollection instance.
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public static final PermissionCollection UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION =
+                        new UnsupportedEmptyCollection();
+
+    /** the system-wide policy. */
+    private static Policy policy; // package private for AccessControlContext
+
+    private static final Debug debug = Debug.getInstance("policy");
+
+    // Cache mapping  ProtectionDomain to PermissionCollection
+    private WeakHashMap<ProtectionDomain, PermissionCollection> pdMapping;
+
+    /** package private for AccessControlContext */
+    static boolean isSet()
+    {
+        return policy != null;
+    }
+
+    private static void checkPermission(String type) {
+        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
+        if (sm != null) {
+            sm.checkPermission(new SecurityPermission("createPolicy." + type));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the installed Policy object. This value should not be cached,
+     * as it may be changed by a call to <code>setPolicy</code>.
+     * This method first calls
+     * <code>SecurityManager.checkPermission</code> with a
+     * <code>SecurityPermission("getPolicy")</code> permission
+     * to ensure it's ok to get the Policy object..
+     *
+     * @return the installed Policy.
+     *
+     * @throws SecurityException
+     *        if a security manager exists and its
+     *        <code>checkPermission</code> method doesn't allow
+     *        getting the Policy object.
+     *
+     * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission(Permission)
+     * @see #setPolicy(java.security.Policy)
+     */
+    public static Policy getPolicy()
+    {
+        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
+        if (sm != null)
+            sm.checkPermission(SecurityConstants.GET_POLICY_PERMISSION);
+        return getPolicyNoCheck();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the installed Policy object, skipping the security check.
+     * Used by SecureClassLoader and getPolicy.
+     *
+     * @return the installed Policy.
+     *
+     */
+    static synchronized Policy getPolicyNoCheck()
+    {
+        if (policy == null) {
+            String policy_class = null;
+            policy_class = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                new PrivilegedAction<String>() {
+                    public String run() {
+                        return Security.getProperty("policy.provider");
+                    }
+                });
+            if (policy_class == null) {
+                policy_class = "sun.security.provider.PolicyFile";
+            }
+
+            try {
+                policy = (Policy)
+                    Class.forName(policy_class).newInstance();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                /*
+                 * The policy_class seems to be an extension
+                 * so we have to bootstrap loading it via a policy
+                 * provider that is on the bootclasspath
+                 * If it loads then shift gears to using the configured
+                 * provider.
+                 */
+
+                // install the bootstrap provider to avoid recursion
+                policy = new sun.security.provider.PolicyFile();
+
+                final String pc = policy_class;
+                Policy p = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                    new PrivilegedAction<Policy>() {
+                        public Policy run() {
+                            try {
+                                ClassLoader cl =
+                                        ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
+                                // we want the extension loader
+                                ClassLoader extcl = null;
+                                while (cl != null) {
+                                    extcl = cl;
+                                    cl = cl.getParent();
+                                }
+                                return (extcl != null ? (Policy)Class.forName(
+                                        pc, true, extcl).newInstance() : null);
+                            } catch (Exception e) {
+                                if (debug != null) {
+                                    debug.println("policy provider " +
+                                                pc +
+                                                " not available");
+                                    e.printStackTrace();
+                                }
+                                return null;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+                /*
+                 * if it loaded install it as the policy provider. Otherwise
+                 * continue to use the system default implementation
+                 */
+                if (p != null) {
+                    policy = p;
+                } else {
+                    if (debug != null) {
+                        debug.println("using sun.security.provider.PolicyFile");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return policy;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the system-wide Policy object. This method first calls
+     * <code>SecurityManager.checkPermission</code> with a
+     * <code>SecurityPermission("setPolicy")</code>
+     * permission to ensure it's ok to set the Policy.
+     *
+     * @param p the new system Policy object.
+     *
+     * @throws SecurityException
+     *        if a security manager exists and its
+     *        <code>checkPermission</code> method doesn't allow
+     *        setting the Policy.
+     *
+     * @see SecurityManager#checkPermission(Permission)
+     * @see #getPolicy()
+     *
+     */
+    public static void setPolicy(Policy p)
+    {
+        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
+        if (sm != null) sm.checkPermission(
+                                 new SecurityPermission("setPolicy"));
+        if (p != null) {
+            initPolicy(p);
+        }
+        synchronized (Policy.class) {
+            Policy.policy = p;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize superclass state such that a legacy provider can
+     * handle queries for itself.
+     *
+     * @since 1.4
+     */
+    private static void initPolicy (final Policy p) {
+        /*
+         * A policy provider not on the bootclasspath could trigger
+         * security checks fulfilling a call to either Policy.implies
+         * or Policy.getPermissions. If this does occur the provider
+         * must be able to answer for it's own ProtectionDomain
+         * without triggering additional security checks, otherwise
+         * the policy implementation will end up in an infinite
+         * recursion.
+         *
+         * To mitigate this, the provider can collect it's own
+         * ProtectionDomain and associate a PermissionCollection while
+         * it is being installed. The currently installed policy
+         * provider (if there is one) will handle calls to
+         * Policy.implies or Policy.getPermissions during this
+         * process.
+         *
+         * This Policy superclass caches away the ProtectionDomain and
+         * statically binds permissions so that legacy Policy
+         * implementations will continue to function.
+         */
+
+        ProtectionDomain policyDomain =
+        AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<ProtectionDomain>() {
+            public ProtectionDomain run() {
+                return p.getClass().getProtectionDomain();
+            }
+        });
+
+        /*
+         * Collect the permissions granted to this protection domain
+         * so that the provider can be security checked while processing
+         * calls to Policy.implies or Policy.getPermissions.
+         */
+        PermissionCollection policyPerms = null;
+        synchronized (p) {
+            if (p.pdMapping == null) {
+                p.pdMapping =
+                    new WeakHashMap<ProtectionDomain, PermissionCollection>();
+           }
+        }
+
+        if (policyDomain.getCodeSource() != null) {
+            if (Policy.isSet()) {
+                policyPerms = policy.getPermissions(policyDomain);
+            }
+
+            if (policyPerms == null) { // assume it has all
+                policyPerms = new Permissions();
+                policyPerms.add(SecurityConstants.ALL_PERMISSION);
+            }
+
+            synchronized (p.pdMapping) {
+                // cache of pd to permissions
+                p.pdMapping.put(policyDomain, policyPerms);
+            }
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a Policy object of the specified type.
+     *
+     * <p> This method traverses the list of registered security providers,
+     * starting with the most preferred Provider.
+     * A new Policy object encapsulating the
+     * PolicySpi implementation from the first
+     * Provider that supports the specified type is returned.
+     *
+     * <p> Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via
+     * the {@link Security#getProviders() Security.getProviders()} method.
+     *
+     * @param type the specified Policy type.  See Appendix A in the
+     *    <a href="../../../technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html#AppA">
+     *    Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification &amp; Reference </a>
+     *    for a list of standard Policy types.
+     *
+     * @param params parameters for the Policy, which may be null.
+     *
+     * @return the new Policy object.
+     *
+     * @exception SecurityException if the caller does not have permission
+     *          to get a Policy instance for the specified type.
+     *
+     * @exception NullPointerException if the specified type is null.
+     *
+     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified parameters
+     *          are not understood by the PolicySpi implementation
+     *          from the selected Provider.
+     *
+     * @exception NoSuchAlgorithmException if no Provider supports a PolicySpi
+     *          implementation for the specified type.
+     *
+     * @see Provider
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public static Policy getInstance(String type, Policy.Parameters params)
+                throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+
+        checkPermission(type);
+        try {
+            GetInstance.Instance instance = GetInstance.getInstance("Policy",
+                                                        PolicySpi.class,
+                                                        type,
+                                                        params);
+            return new PolicyDelegate((PolicySpi)instance.impl,
+                                                        instance.provider,
+                                                        type,
+                                                        params);
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException nsae) {
+            return handleException(nsae);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a Policy object of the specified type.
+     *
+     * <p> A new Policy object encapsulating the
+     * PolicySpi implementation from the specified provider
+     * is returned.   The specified provider must be registered
+     * in the provider list.
+     *
+     * <p> Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via
+     * the {@link Security#getProviders() Security.getProviders()} method.
+     *
+     * @param type the specified Policy type.  See Appendix A in the
+     *    <a href="../../../technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html#AppA">
+     *    Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification &amp; Reference </a>
+     *    for a list of standard Policy types.
+     *
+     * @param params parameters for the Policy, which may be null.
+     *
+     * @param provider the provider.
+     *
+     * @return the new Policy object.
+     *
+     * @exception SecurityException if the caller does not have permission
+     *          to get a Policy instance for the specified type.
+     *
+     * @exception NullPointerException if the specified type is null.
+     *
+     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified provider
+     *          is null or empty,
+     *          or if the specified parameters are not understood by
+     *          the PolicySpi implementation from the specified provider.
+     *
+     * @exception NoSuchProviderException if the specified provider is not
+     *          registered in the security provider list.
+     *
+     * @exception NoSuchAlgorithmException if the specified provider does not
+     *          support a PolicySpi implementation for the specified type.
+     *
+     * @see Provider
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public static Policy getInstance(String type,
+                                Policy.Parameters params,
+                                String provider)
+                throws NoSuchProviderException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+
+        if (provider == null || provider.length() == 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("missing provider");
+        }
+
+        checkPermission(type);
+        try {
+            GetInstance.Instance instance = GetInstance.getInstance("Policy",
+                                                        PolicySpi.class,
+                                                        type,
+                                                        params,
+                                                        provider);
+            return new PolicyDelegate((PolicySpi)instance.impl,
+                                                        instance.provider,
+                                                        type,
+                                                        params);
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException nsae) {
+            return handleException (nsae);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a Policy object of the specified type.
+     *
+     * <p> A new Policy object encapsulating the
+     * PolicySpi implementation from the specified Provider
+     * object is returned.  Note that the specified Provider object
+     * does not have to be registered in the provider list.
+     *
+     * @param type the specified Policy type.  See Appendix A in the
+     *    <a href="../../../technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html#AppA">
+     *    Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification &amp; Reference </a>
+     *    for a list of standard Policy types.
+     *
+     * @param params parameters for the Policy, which may be null.
+     *
+     * @param provider the Provider.
+     *
+     * @return the new Policy object.
+     *
+     * @exception SecurityException if the caller does not have permission
+     *          to get a Policy instance for the specified type.
+     *
+     * @exception NullPointerException if the specified type is null.
+     *
+     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified Provider is null,
+     *          or if the specified parameters are not understood by
+     *          the PolicySpi implementation from the specified Provider.
+     *
+     * @exception NoSuchAlgorithmException if the specified Provider does not
+     *          support a PolicySpi implementation for the specified type.
+     *
+     * @see Provider
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public static Policy getInstance(String type,
+                                Policy.Parameters params,
+                                Provider provider)
+                throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+
+        if (provider == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("missing provider");
+        }
+
+        checkPermission(type);
+        try {
+            GetInstance.Instance instance = GetInstance.getInstance("Policy",
+                                                        PolicySpi.class,
+                                                        type,
+                                                        params,
+                                                        provider);
+            return new PolicyDelegate((PolicySpi)instance.impl,
+                                                        instance.provider,
+                                                        type,
+                                                        params);
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException nsae) {
+            return handleException (nsae);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Policy handleException(NoSuchAlgorithmException nsae)
+                throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        Throwable cause = nsae.getCause();
+        if (cause instanceof IllegalArgumentException) {
+            throw (IllegalArgumentException)cause;
+        }
+        throw nsae;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the Provider of this Policy.
+     *
+     * <p> This Policy instance will only have a Provider if it
+     * was obtained via a call to <code>Policy.getInstance</code>.
+     * Otherwise this method returns null.
+     *
+     * @return the Provider of this Policy, or null.
+     *
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public Provider getProvider() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the type of this Policy.
+     *
+     * <p> This Policy instance will only have a type if it
+     * was obtained via a call to <code>Policy.getInstance</code>.
+     * Otherwise this method returns null.
+     *
+     * @return the type of this Policy, or null.
+     *
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public String getType() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return Policy parameters.
+     *
+     * <p> This Policy instance will only have parameters if it
+     * was obtained via a call to <code>Policy.getInstance</code>.
+     * Otherwise this method returns null.
+     *
+     * @return Policy parameters, or null.
+     *
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public Policy.Parameters getParameters() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a PermissionCollection object containing the set of
+     * permissions granted to the specified CodeSource.
+     *
+     * <p> Applications are discouraged from calling this method
+     * since this operation may not be supported by all policy implementations.
+     * Applications should solely rely on the <code>implies</code> method
+     * to perform policy checks.  If an application absolutely must call
+     * a getPermissions method, it should call
+     * <code>getPermissions(ProtectionDomain)</code>.
+     *
+     * <p> The default implementation of this method returns
+     * Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION.  This method can be
+     * overridden if the policy implementation can return a set of
+     * permissions granted to a CodeSource.
+     *
+     * @param codesource the CodeSource to which the returned
+     *          PermissionCollection has been granted.
+     *
+     * @return a set of permissions granted to the specified CodeSource.
+     *          If this operation is supported, the returned
+     *          set of permissions must be a new mutable instance
+     *          and it must support heterogeneous Permission types.
+     *          If this operation is not supported,
+     *          Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION is returned.
+     */
+    public PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource codesource) {
+        return Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a PermissionCollection object containing the set of
+     * permissions granted to the specified ProtectionDomain.
+     *
+     * <p> Applications are discouraged from calling this method
+     * since this operation may not be supported by all policy implementations.
+     * Applications should rely on the <code>implies</code> method
+     * to perform policy checks.
+     *
+     * <p> The default implementation of this method first retrieves
+     * the permissions returned via <code>getPermissions(CodeSource)</code>
+     * (the CodeSource is taken from the specified ProtectionDomain),
+     * as well as the permissions located inside the specified ProtectionDomain.
+     * All of these permissions are then combined and returned in a new
+     * PermissionCollection object.  If <code>getPermissions(CodeSource)</code>
+     * returns Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION, then this method
+     * returns the permissions contained inside the specified ProtectionDomain
+     * in a new PermissionCollection object.
+     *
+     * <p> This method can be overridden if the policy implementation
+     * supports returning a set of permissions granted to a ProtectionDomain.
+     *
+     * @param domain the ProtectionDomain to which the returned
+     *          PermissionCollection has been granted.
+     *
+     * @return a set of permissions granted to the specified ProtectionDomain.
+     *          If this operation is supported, the returned
+     *          set of permissions must be a new mutable instance
+     *          and it must support heterogeneous Permission types.
+     *          If this operation is not supported,
+     *          Policy.UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION is returned.
+     *
+     * @since 1.4
+     */
+    public PermissionCollection getPermissions(ProtectionDomain domain) {
+        PermissionCollection pc = null;
+
+        if (domain == null)
+            return new Permissions();
+
+        if (pdMapping == null) {
+            initPolicy(this);
+        }
+
+        synchronized (pdMapping) {
+            pc = pdMapping.get(domain);
+        }
+
+        if (pc != null) {
+            Permissions perms = new Permissions();
+            synchronized (pc) {
+                for (Enumeration<Permission> e = pc.elements() ; e.hasMoreElements() ;) {
+                    perms.add(e.nextElement());
+                }
+            }
+            return perms;
+        }
+
+        pc = getPermissions(domain.getCodeSource());
+        if (pc == null || pc == UNSUPPORTED_EMPTY_COLLECTION) {
+            pc = new Permissions();
+        }
+
+        addStaticPerms(pc, domain.getPermissions());
+        return pc;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * add static permissions to provided permission collection
+     */
+    private void addStaticPerms(PermissionCollection perms,
+                                PermissionCollection statics) {
+        if (statics != null) {
+            synchronized (statics) {
+                Enumeration<Permission> e = statics.elements();
+                while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
+                    perms.add(e.nextElement());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluates the global policy for the permissions granted to
+     * the ProtectionDomain and tests whether the permission is
+     * granted.
+     *
+     * @param domain the ProtectionDomain to test
+     * @param permission the Permission object to be tested for implication.
+     *
+     * @return true if "permission" is a proper subset of a permission
+     * granted to this ProtectionDomain.
+     *
+     * @see java.security.ProtectionDomain
+     * @since 1.4
+     */
+    public boolean implies(ProtectionDomain domain, Permission permission) {
+        PermissionCollection pc;
+
+        if (pdMapping == null) {
+            initPolicy(this);
+        }
+
+        synchronized (pdMapping) {
+            pc = pdMapping.get(domain);
+        }
+
+        if (pc != null) {
+            return pc.implies(permission);
+        }
+
+        pc = getPermissions(domain);
+        if (pc == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        synchronized (pdMapping) {
+            // cache it
+            pdMapping.put(domain, pc);
+        }
+
+        return pc.implies(permission);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Refreshes/reloads the policy configuration. The behavior of this method
+     * depends on the implementation. For example, calling <code>refresh</code>
+     * on a file-based policy will cause the file to be re-read.
+     *
+     * <p> The default implementation of this method does nothing.
+     * This method should be overridden if a refresh operation is supported
+     * by the policy implementation.
+     */
+    public void refresh() { }
+
+    /**
+     * This subclass is returned by the getInstance calls.  All Policy calls
+     * are delegated to the underlying PolicySpi.
+     */
+    private static class PolicyDelegate extends Policy {
+
+        private PolicySpi spi;
+        private Provider p;
+        private String type;
+        private Policy.Parameters params;
+
+        private PolicyDelegate(PolicySpi spi, Provider p,
+                        String type, Policy.Parameters params) {
+            this.spi = spi;
+            this.p = p;
+            this.type = type;
+            this.params = params;
+        }
+
+        public String getType() { return type; }
+
+        public Policy.Parameters getParameters() { return params; }
+
+        public Provider getProvider() { return p; }
+
+        public PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource codesource) {
+            return spi.engineGetPermissions(codesource);
+        }
+        public PermissionCollection getPermissions(ProtectionDomain domain) {
+            return spi.engineGetPermissions(domain);
+        }
+        public boolean implies(ProtectionDomain domain, Permission perm) {
+            return spi.engineImplies(domain, perm);
+        }
+        public void refresh() {
+            spi.engineRefresh();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This represents a marker interface for Policy parameters.
+     *
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public static interface Parameters { }
+
+    /**
+     * This class represents a read-only empty PermissionCollection object that
+     * is returned from the <code>getPermissions(CodeSource)</code> and
+     * <code>getPermissions(ProtectionDomain)</code>
+     * methods in the Policy class when those operations are not
+     * supported by the Policy implementation.
+     */
+    private static class UnsupportedEmptyCollection
+        extends PermissionCollection {
+
+        private Permissions perms;
+
+        /**
+         * Create a read-only empty PermissionCollection object.
+         */
+        public UnsupportedEmptyCollection() {
+            this.perms = new Permissions();
+            perms.setReadOnly();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Adds a permission object to the current collection of permission
+         * objects.
+         *
+         * @param permission the Permission object to add.
+         *
+         * @exception SecurityException - if this PermissionCollection object
+         *                                has been marked readonly
+         */
+        public void add(Permission permission) {
+            perms.add(permission);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Checks to see if the specified permission is implied by the
+         * collection of Permission objects held in this PermissionCollection.
+         *
+         * @param permission the Permission object to compare.
+         *
+         * @return true if "permission" is implied by the  permissions in
+         * the collection, false if not.
+         */
+        public boolean implies(Permission permission) {
+            return perms.implies(permission);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns an enumeration of all the Permission objects in the
+         * collection.
+         *
+         * @return an enumeration of all the Permissions.
+         */
+        public Enumeration<Permission> elements() {
+            return perms.elements();
+        }
+    }
+}