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J. Duke319a3b92007-12-01 00:00:00 +00001/*
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25
26package sun.security.action;
27
28/**
29 * A convenience class for retrieving the boolean value of a system property
30 * as a privileged action.
31 *
32 * <p>An instance of this class can be used as the argument of
33 * <code>AccessController.doPrivileged</code>.
34 *
35 * <p>The following code retrieves the boolean value of the system
36 * property named <code>"prop"</code> as a privileged action: <p>
37 *
38 * <pre>
39 * boolean b = java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged
40 * (new GetBooleanAction("prop")).booleanValue();
41 * </pre>
42 *
43 * @author Roland Schemers
44 * @see java.security.PrivilegedAction
45 * @see java.security.AccessController
46 * @since 1.2
47 */
48
49public class GetBooleanAction
50 implements java.security.PrivilegedAction<Boolean> {
51 private String theProp;
52
53 /**
54 * Constructor that takes the name of the system property whose boolean
55 * value needs to be determined.
56 *
57 * @param theProp the name of the system property.
58 */
59 public GetBooleanAction(String theProp) {
60 this.theProp = theProp;
61 }
62
63 /**
64 * Determines the boolean value of the system property whose name was
65 * specified in the constructor.
66 *
67 * @return the <code>Boolean</code> value of the system property.
68 */
69 public Boolean run() {
70 return Boolean.getBoolean(theProp);
71 }
72}