ProtectionDomain : Java Glossary

ProtectionDomain
An object defining the permissions for a group of classes. You can get hold of it given the Class object with Class. getProtectionDomain. From there you can get the CodeSource (the location i.e. class file URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and CodeSigners), Permissions and Principals.

Learning More

Oracle’s Javadoc on ProtectionDomain class : available:
Oracle’s Javadoc on Class.getProtectionDomain : available:
Oracle’s Javadoc on CodeSource class : available:
Oracle’s Javadoc on PermissionCollection class : available:
Oracle’s Javadoc on Principal class : available:

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