BasicPermission (Java SE 25 & JDK 25)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.security, class: BasicPermission
Keywords: java.security.BasicPermission class

# Class BasicPermission

java.lang.Object
java.security.Permission
java.security.BasicPermission

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable, Guard`

Direct Known Subclasses:
  `AttachPermission, AudioPermission, AuthPermission, AWTPermission, DelegationPermission, FlightRecorderPermission, InquireSecContextPermission, JDIPermission, LinkPermission, LoggingPermission, ManagementPermission, MBeanServerPermission, MBeanTrustPermission, NetPermission, NetworkPermission, PropertyPermission, ReflectPermission, RuntimePermission, SecurityPermission, SerializablePermission, SQLPermission, SSLPermission, SubjectDelegationPermission`

public abstract class BasicPermission extends Permission implements Serializable
The `BasicPermission` class extends the `Permission` class, and can be used as the base class for permissions that want to follow the same naming convention as `BasicPermission`.

The name for a `BasicPermission` is the name of the given permission (for example, "exit", "setFactory", "print.queueJob", etc.). The naming convention follows the hierarchical property naming convention. An asterisk may appear by itself, or if immediately preceded by a "." may appear at the end of the name, to signify a wildcard match. For example, "*" and "java.*" signify a wildcard match, while "*java", "a*b", and "java*" do not.

The action string (inherited from `Permission`) is unused. Thus, `BasicPermission` is commonly used as the base class for "named" permissions (ones that contain a name but no actions list; you either have the named permission or you don't.) Subclasses may implement actions on top of `BasicPermission`, if desired.

Since:
  1.2
See Also:
  - `Permission`
  - `Permissions`
  - `PermissionCollection`
  - `SecurityManager`
  - Serialized Form

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `BasicPermission(String name)`
  Creates a new `BasicPermission` with the specified name.
  `BasicPermission(String name, String actions)`
  Creates a new `BasicPermission` object with the specified name.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `boolean`
  `equals(Object obj)`
  Checks two `BasicPermission` objects for equality.
  `String`
  `getActions()`
  Returns the canonical string representation of the actions, which currently is the empty string "", since there are no actions for a `BasicPermission`.
  `int`
  `hashCode()`
  Returns the hash code value for this object.
  `boolean`
  `implies(Permission p)`
  Checks if the specified permission is "implied" by this object.
  `PermissionCollection`
  `newPermissionCollection()`
  Returns a new `PermissionCollection` object for storing `BasicPermission` objects.

  ### Methods declared in class Permission

  `checkGuard, getName, toString`

  ### Methods declared in class Object

  `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### BasicPermission

    public BasicPermission(String name)
    Creates a new `BasicPermission` with the specified name. Name is the symbolic name of the permission, such as "setFactory", "print.queueJob", or "topLevelWindow", etc.
    Parameters:
      `name` - the name of the `BasicPermission`.
    Throws:
      `NullPointerException` - if `name` is `null`.
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if `name` is empty.

  - ### BasicPermission

    public BasicPermission(String name, String actions)
    Creates a new `BasicPermission` object with the specified name. The name is the symbolic name of the `BasicPermission`, and the actions `String` is currently unused.
    Parameters:
      `name` - the name of the `BasicPermission`.
      `actions` - ignored.
    Throws:
      `NullPointerException` - if `name` is `null`.
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if `name` is empty.

- ## Method Details

  - ### implies

    public boolean implies(Permission p)
    Checks if the specified permission is "implied" by this object.

    More specifically, this method returns `true` if:

    - `p`'s class is the same as this object's class, and
    - `p`'s name equals or (in the case of wildcards) is implied by this object's name. For example, "a.b.*" implies "a.b.c".
    Specified by:
      `implies` in class `Permission`
    Parameters:
      `p` - the permission to check against.
    Returns:
      `true` if the passed permission is equal to or implied by this permission, `false` otherwise.

  - ### equals

    public boolean equals(Object obj)
    Checks two `BasicPermission` objects for equality. Checks that `obj`'s class is the same as this object's class and has the same name as this object.
    Specified by:
      `equals` in class `Permission`
    Parameters:
      `obj` - the object we are testing for equality with this object.
    Returns:
      `true` if `obj`'s class is the same as this object's class and has the same name as this `BasicPermission` object, `false` otherwise.
    See Also:
      - `Object.hashCode()`
      - `HashMap`

  - ### hashCode

    public int hashCode()
    Returns the hash code value for this object. The hash code used is the hash code of the name, that is, `getName().hashCode()`, where `getName` is from the `Permission` superclass.
    Specified by:
      `hashCode` in class `Permission`
    Returns:
      the hash code value for this object
    See Also:
      - `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`
      - `System.identityHashCode(Object)`

  - ### getActions

    public String getActions()
    Returns the canonical string representation of the actions, which currently is the empty string "", since there are no actions for a `BasicPermission`.
    Specified by:
      `getActions` in class `Permission`
    Returns:
      the empty string "".

  - ### newPermissionCollection

    public PermissionCollection newPermissionCollection()
    Returns a new `PermissionCollection` object for storing `BasicPermission` objects.

    `BasicPermission` objects must be stored in a manner that allows them to be inserted in any order, but that also enables the `PermissionCollection.implies(Permission)` method to be implemented in an efficient (and consistent) manner.

    Overrides:
      `newPermissionCollection` in class `Permission`
    Returns:
      a new `PermissionCollection` object suitable for storing `BasicPermission` objects.