RE: [cp-patches] Patch: java/lang/Runtime.java

[Jeroen Frijters]

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 12:50, Jeroen Frijters wrote:
> > I was playing around with a security manager and JNI and 
> discovered some
> > differences between Sun's security checks and our's, so I 
> fixed them.
> > 
> > Comments?
> 
> ChangeLog entry? Really those are nice to have when reviewing 
> a patch to see what was intended to be changed.

What can I say, I'm a lazy bastard. I will try to do better.

> Typo fil -> file.

Thanks.

> > BTW, does anyone know if (and how) a VM is supposed to do a security
> > check when a native method is linked?
> 
> I thought the only check is done when a library is loaded (which
> contains the native methods).

Apparantly. This surprised me, because it means that the decision is per
class loader instead of per individual class.

Regards,
Jeroen