AccessControlException: access denied for font in jar

Submitted by Anonymous Newbie on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:56

In my self signed java applet, I get the following error:
uncaught exception: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission resources/fonts/myfont.ttf read)
Note that resources/fonts/myfont.ttf is a file contained in my jar.

Create a PrivilegedAction

Submitted by Bruno Lowagie on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 19:03.

The security policy implemented by the security manager must grant the appropriate permission to read that font file from the jar. You need to put all your font calls in a PrivilegedAction like this:

java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
    new java.security.PrivilegedAction() {
        public Object run() {
            // place font calls here
        }
    }
);