[jira] [Updated] (DERBY-3547) Create a utility that generates a security policy file for Derby's tests

["Rick Hillegas (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Rick Hillegas updated DERBY-3547:
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> Create a utility that generates a security policy file for Derby's tests
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>                 Key: DERBY-3547
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3547
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Test
>            Reporter: Daniel John Debrunner
>            Assignee: Rick Hillegas
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 10.15.0.0
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>         Attachments: SecurityPolicyVTI.java, derby-3547-01-ab-policyGenerator.diff, derby-3547-02-aa-remainingTestPolicies.diff, derby-3547-03-aa-removeTemplatePolicy.diff, derby-3547-04-aa-canonicalizeFileNamesOnWindows.diff
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> With the number of current test policy files it is becoming a pain to remember to modify all of them when needed to add a new permission.
> In addition with JMX, SystemPermission (and DatabasePermission) support, testing of fine-grained permissions will become unmanagable if a new policy file is needed for every combination.
> I suggest a java utility that can be used in a test decorator to create a set of permissions that can then be modified before creating a real policy file and pointing the security manager to it. I imagine an api like:
> TestPolicy() - constructor creates a set of permissions that corresponds to the current derby_tests.policy (or similar)
> The object supports a number of code bases, corresponding to the current jars, e.g.
>   derby, derbynet, derbytools,derbyclient,ant,emma, junit,
> removeCodebase(String code) - remove all the permissions for a given code base. Allows specific testing, e.g. with just client tests don't have permissions for any other jars.
> removePermission(String code, Permission permission) - remove a single permission from a code base - allows negative testing, what happens if this permission is not available.
> addPermission(String code, Permission permission) - add a permission into the code base
> writePolicyFile(PrintStream out)  - write the policy file out
> This would also stop the need for derby_tests.policy to have a jar and classes section with duplicated information, TestPolicy would just create the grant code blocks with the correct code location.
> TestPolicy could obviously be expanded as new needs appear, eg. Principal testing.



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