Index: java/security/BasicPermission.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/java/security/BasicPermission.java,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 BasicPermission.java
--- java/security/BasicPermission.java	18 Jul 2003 16:54:56 -0000	1.10
+++ java/security/BasicPermission.java	24 Sep 2004 13:33:29 -0000
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 6279438298436773498L;
 
   /**
-   * Create a new instance with the specified permission name. If the name
-   * is empty, or contains an illegal wildcard character, an exception is
-   * thrown.
+   * Create a new instance with the specified permission name. If the
+   * name is empty an exception is thrown.
    *
    * @param name the name of this permission
    * @throws NullPointerException if name is null
@@ -92,12 +91,11 @@
   public BasicPermission(String name)
   {
     super(name);
-    if (name.indexOf("*") != -1)
-      {
-        if ((! name.endsWith(".*") && ! name.equals("*"))
-            || name.indexOf("*") != name.lastIndexOf("*"))
-          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bad wildcard: " + name);
-      }
+
+    // This routine used to check for illegal wildcards, but no such
+    // requirement exists in the specification and Sun's runtime
+    // doesn't appear to do it.
+
     if ("".equals(name))
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Empty name");
   }