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+/*
+ * Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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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;
+}