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package java.security;

/**

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

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

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

 * computations that do not throw checked exceptions; computations that

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

 * instead.

 *

 * @see AccessController

 * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)

 * @see PrivilegedExceptionAction

 */

public interface PrivilegedAction<T> {

    /**

     * Performs the computation.  This method will be called by

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

     *

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

     *         computation. Each class that implements

     *         <code>PrivilegedAction</code>

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

     * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction)

     * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedAction,

     *                                     AccessControlContext)

     */

    T run();

}