1. /*

  2.  * @(#)PrivilegedAction.java	1.8 03/01/23

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.security;

  9. 

  10. 

  11. /**

  12.  * A computation to be performed with privileges enabled.  The computation is

  13.  * performed by invoking <code>AccessController.doPrivileged</code> on the

  14.  * <code>PrivilegedAction</code> object.  This interface is used only for

  15.  * computations that do not throw checked exceptions; computations that

  16.  * throw checked exceptions must use <code>PrivilegedExceptionAction</code>

  17.  * instead.

  18.  *

  19.  * @see AccessController

  20.  * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)

  21.  * @see PrivilegedExceptionAction

  22.  */

  23. 

  24. public interface PrivilegedAction {

  25.     /**

  26.      * Performs the computation.  This method will be called by

  27.      * <code>AccessController.doPrivileged</code> after enabling privileges.

  28.      *

  29.      * @return a class-dependent value that may represent the results of the

  30.      *	       computation. Each class that implements

  31.      *         <code>PrivilegedAction</code>

  32.      *	       should document what (if anything) this value represents.

  33.      * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)

  34.      * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction,

  35.      *                                     AccessControlContext)

  36.      */

  37.     Object run();

  38. }