Shutting down an ExecutorService from an applet

Question

Hi,
When I tried to shutdown an ExecutorService from an applet, I go "java.security.AccessControlException";. When I wrapped this call in a "PrivilegedAction", I am still getting the same exception.
     AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
         public Void run() {
             pool.shutdown();
             return null; // nothing to return
     }); The documentation says that I should sign the jars and use "all-permissions" in the jnlp file to be able to execute out of the sandbox. But isn't the previous code an alternative way that should work.
Thank you

Answer 1

Gen.Java wrote:
But isn't the previous code an alternative way that should work.
No! What would be the point of having Applet and WebStart security restrictions if it were trivial to bypass them.