gnu.gcj.runtime.StackTrace.findCallerClass()

[Mohan Embar]

Hi Andrew,

>An example is worth a thousand words:
>
>  caller = findCallerClass(1);
>  caller_loader = caller ? caller->getClassLoaderInternal() : NULL;
>  if (caller_loader != NULL && ! caller_loader->isAncestorOf(loader))
>    s->checkPermission (new RuntimePermission (JvNewStringLatin1 ("getClassLoader")));
>
>When we get round to implementing proper Java security we'll have to
>close this loophole.  But not yet.

Thanks for clarifying this. I'll submit a patch for this. It should be
a pleasant break from the DatagramSocket stuff I'm struggling with.

-- Mohan
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