RE: System.getProperty & SecurityManager

[David Holmes]

> I've noticed lots of System.getProperty calls in classpath.
> These calls can throw security exceptions when a security manager
> is active.

Yes they can. Are you saying they shouldn't? Perhaps some shouldn't, or need
not, but you'd have to go through an establish which ones.

> To avoid this wrap the getProperty call in a PrivilegedAction.

If the code is in java.lang then it can access the system properties
directly to avoid the security check. This is already done in a number of
places.

David Holmes