* java/lang/Class.java (getProtectionDomain): Merged javadoc from

	Classpath.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@102025 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4

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diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/Class.java b/libjava/java/lang/Class.java
index 1cee6d17262..da84bfd7f4c 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/Class.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/Class.java
@@ -769,6 +769,19 @@ public final class Class implements Serializable
   // can't add fields to java.lang.Class that are accessible from Java.
   private native ProtectionDomain getProtectionDomain0();
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the protection domain of this class. If the classloader did not
+   * record the protection domain when creating this class the unknown
+   * protection domain is returned which has a <code>null</code> code source
+   * and all permissions. A security check may be performed, with
+   * <code>RuntimePermission("getProtectionDomain")</code>.
+   *
+   * @return the protection domain
+   * @throws SecurityException if the security manager exists and the caller
+   * does not have <code>RuntimePermission("getProtectionDomain")</code>.
+   * @see RuntimePermission
+   * @since 1.2
+   */
   public ProtectionDomain getProtectionDomain()
   {
     SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();