Merge pull request #3600 from henricm/fix-win-network-info-tests
[mono.git] / mcs / class / corlib / System.Security / PermissionSet.cs
1 //
2 // System.Security.PermissionSet.cs
3 //
4 // Authors:
5 //      Nick Drochak(ndrochak@gol.com)
6 //      Sebastien Pouliot  <sebastien@ximian.com>
7 //
8 // (C) Nick Drochak
9 // Portions (C) 2003, 2004 Motus Technologies Inc. (http://www.motus.com)
10 // Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Novell, Inc (http://www.novell.com)
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31
32 using System.Collections;
33 using System.Diagnostics;
34 using System.IO;
35 using System.Reflection;
36 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
37 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
38 using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
39 using System.Security.Permissions;
40 using System.Security.Policy;
41 using System.Text;
42 using System.Threading;
43
44 namespace System.Security {
45
46         [Serializable]
47         // Microsoft public key - i.e. only MS signed assembly can inherit from PermissionSet (1.x) or (2.0) FullTrust assemblies
48         [StrongNameIdentityPermission (SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, PublicKey="002400000480000094000000060200000024000052534131000400000100010007D1FA57C4AED9F0A32E84AA0FAEFD0DE9E8FD6AEC8F87FB03766C834C99921EB23BE79AD9D5DCC1DD9AD236132102900B723CF980957FC4E177108FC607774F29E8320E92EA05ECE4E821C0A5EFE8F1645C4C0C93C1AB99285D622CAA652C1DFAD63D745D6F2DE5F17E5EAF0FC4963D261C8A12436518206DC093344D5AD293")]
49         [ComVisible (true)]
50         [MonoTODO ("CAS support is experimental (and unsupported).")]
51         public class PermissionSet: ISecurityEncodable, ICollection, IEnumerable, IStackWalk, IDeserializationCallback {
52
53                 private const string tagName = "PermissionSet";
54                 private const int version = 1;
55                 private static object[] psUnrestricted = new object [1] { PermissionState.Unrestricted };
56
57                 private PermissionState state;
58                 private ArrayList list;
59                 private PolicyLevel _policyLevel;
60                 private bool _declsec;
61                 private bool _readOnly;
62                 private bool[] _ignored; // for asserts and non-CAS permissions
63
64                 // constructors
65
66                 // for PolicyLevel (to avoid validation duplication)
67                 internal PermissionSet () 
68                 {
69                         list = new ArrayList ();
70                 }
71
72                 public PermissionSet (PermissionState state) : this ()
73                 {
74                         this.state = CodeAccessPermission.CheckPermissionState (state, true);
75                 }
76
77                 public PermissionSet (PermissionSet permSet) : this ()
78                 {
79                         // LAMESPEC: This would be handled by the compiler.  No way permSet is not a PermissionSet.
80                         //if (!(permSet is PermissionSet))
81                         //      throw new System.ArgumentException(); // permSet is not an instance of System.Security.PermissionSet.
82                         if (permSet != null) {
83                                 state = permSet.state;
84                                 foreach (IPermission p in permSet.list)
85                                         list.Add (p);
86                         }
87                 }
88
89                 internal PermissionSet (string xml)
90                         : this ()
91                 {
92                         state = PermissionState.None;
93                         if (xml != null) {
94                                 SecurityElement se = SecurityElement.FromString (xml);
95                                 FromXml (se);
96                         }
97                 }
98
99                 // Light version for creating a (non unrestricted) PermissionSet with
100                 // a single permission. This allows to relax most validations.
101                 internal PermissionSet (IPermission perm)
102                         : this ()
103                 {
104                         if (perm != null) {
105                                 // note: we do not copy IPermission like AddPermission
106                                 list.Add (perm);
107                         }
108                 }
109
110                 // methods
111
112                 public IPermission AddPermission (IPermission perm)
113                 {
114                         if ((perm == null) || _readOnly)
115                                 return perm;
116
117                         // we don't add to an unrestricted permission set unless...
118                         if (state == PermissionState.Unrestricted) {
119                                 // identity permissions can be unrestricted under 2.x
120                                 {
121                                         // we return the union of the permission with unrestricted
122                                         // which results in a permission of the same type initialized 
123                                         // with PermissionState.Unrestricted
124                                         return (IPermission) Activator.CreateInstance (perm.GetType (), psUnrestricted);
125                                 }
126                         }
127
128                         // we can't add two permissions of the same type in a set
129                         // so we remove an existing one, union with it and add it back
130                         IPermission existing = RemovePermission (perm.GetType ());
131                         if (existing != null) {
132                                 perm = perm.Union (existing);
133                         }
134
135                         // note: Add doesn't copy
136                         list.Add (perm);
137                         return perm;
138                 }
139
140                 [MonoTODO ("CAS support is experimental (and unsupported). Imperative mode is not implemented.")]
141                 [SecurityPermission (SecurityAction.Demand, Assertion = true)]
142                 public void Assert ()
143                 {
144                         int count = this.Count;
145
146                         // we (current frame) must have the permission to assert it to others
147                         // otherwise we don't assert (but we don't throw an exception)
148                         foreach (IPermission p in list) {
149                                 // note: we ignore non-CAS permissions
150                                 if (p is IStackWalk) {
151                                         if (!SecurityManager.IsGranted (p)) {
152                                                 return;
153                                         }
154                                 } else
155                                         count--;
156                         }
157
158                         // note: we must ignore the stack modifiers for the non-CAS permissions
159                         if (SecurityManager.SecurityEnabled && (count > 0))
160                                 throw new NotSupportedException ("Currently only declarative Assert are supported.");
161                 }
162
163                 internal void Clear () 
164                 {
165                         list.Clear ();
166                 }
167
168                 public virtual PermissionSet Copy ()
169                 {
170                         return new PermissionSet (this);
171                 }
172
173                 public virtual void CopyTo (Array array, int index)
174                 {
175                         if (null == array)
176                                 throw new ArgumentNullException ("array");
177
178                         if (list.Count > 0) {
179                                 if (array.Rank > 1) {
180                                         throw new ArgumentException (Locale.GetText (
181                                                 "Array has more than one dimension"));
182                                 }
183                                 if (index < 0 || index >= array.Length) {
184                                         throw new IndexOutOfRangeException ("index");
185                                 }
186
187                                 list.CopyTo (array, index);
188                         }
189                 }
190
191                 public void Demand ()
192                 {
193                         // Note: SecurityEnabled only applies to CAS permissions
194                         // so we're not checking for it (yet)
195                         if (IsEmpty ())
196                                 return;
197
198                         int n = list.Count;
199                         if ((_ignored == null) || (_ignored.Length != n)) {
200                                 _ignored = new bool [n];
201                         }
202
203                         bool call_cas_only = this.IsUnrestricted ();
204                         // non CAS permissions (e.g. PrincipalPermission) do not requires a stack walk
205                         for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
206                                 IPermission p = (IPermission) list [i];
207                                 Type t = p.GetType ();
208                                 if (t.IsSubclassOf (typeof (CodeAccessPermission))) {
209                                         _ignored [i] = false;
210                                         call_cas_only = true;
211                                 } else {
212                                         _ignored [i] = true;
213                                         p.Demand ();
214                                 }
215                         }
216
217                         // don't start the stack walk if
218                         // - the permission set only contains non CAS permissions; or
219                         // - security isn't enabled (applis only to CAS!)
220                         if (call_cas_only && SecurityManager.SecurityEnabled)
221                                 CasOnlyDemand (_declsec ? 5 : 3);
222                 }
223
224                 // The number of frames to skip depends on who's calling
225                 // - CodeAccessPermission.Demand (imperative)
226                 // - PermissionSet.Demand (imperative)
227                 // - SecurityManager.InternalDemand (declarative)
228                 internal void CasOnlyDemand (int skip)
229                 {
230 #if !MONO
231                         Assembly current = null;
232                         AppDomain domain = null;
233 #endif
234
235                         if (_ignored == null) {
236                                 // special case when directly called from CodeAccessPermission.Demand
237                                 _ignored = new bool [list.Count];
238                         }
239                 }
240
241                 [MonoTODO ("CAS support is experimental (and unsupported). Imperative mode is not implemented.")]
242                 public void Deny ()
243                 {
244                         if (!SecurityManager.SecurityEnabled)
245                                 return;
246
247                         foreach (IPermission p in list) {
248                                 // note: we ignore non-CAS permissions
249                                 if (p is IStackWalk) {
250                                         throw new NotSupportedException ("Currently only declarative Deny are supported.");
251                                 }
252                         }
253                 }
254
255                 public virtual void FromXml (SecurityElement et)
256                 {
257                         if (et == null)
258                                 throw new ArgumentNullException ("et");
259                         if (et.Tag != tagName) {
260                                 string msg = String.Format ("Invalid tag {0} expected {1}", et.Tag, tagName);
261                                 throw new ArgumentException (msg, "et");
262                         }
263
264                         list.Clear ();
265
266                         if (CodeAccessPermission.IsUnrestricted (et)) {
267                                 state = PermissionState.Unrestricted;
268                                 // no need to continue for an unrestricted permission
269                                 // because identity permissions now "supports" unrestricted
270                                 return;
271                         } else {
272                                 state = PermissionState.None;
273                         }
274
275                         if (et.Children != null) {
276                                 foreach (SecurityElement se in et.Children) {
277                                         string className = se.Attribute ("class");
278                                         if (className == null) {
279                                                 throw new ArgumentException (Locale.GetText (
280                                                         "No permission class is specified."));
281                                         }
282                                         if (Resolver != null) {
283                                                 // policy class names do not have to be fully qualified
284                                                 className = Resolver.ResolveClassName (className);
285                                         }
286
287                                         list.Add (PermissionBuilder.Create (className, se));
288                                 }
289                         }
290                 }
291
292                 public IEnumerator GetEnumerator ()
293                 {
294                         return list.GetEnumerator ();
295                 }
296
297                 public bool IsSubsetOf (PermissionSet target)
298                 {
299                         // if target is empty we must be empty too
300                         if ((target == null) || (target.IsEmpty ()))
301                                 return this.IsEmpty ();
302
303                         // all permissions support unrestricted in 2.0
304                         if (target.IsUnrestricted ())
305                                 return true;
306                         if (this.IsUnrestricted ())
307                                 return false;
308
309                         if (this.IsUnrestricted () && ((target == null) || !target.IsUnrestricted ()))
310                                 return false;
311
312                         // if each of our permission is (a) present and (b) a subset of target
313                         foreach (IPermission p in list) {
314                                 // non CAS permissions must be evaluated for unrestricted
315                                 Type t = p.GetType ();
316                                 IPermission i = null;
317                                 if (target.IsUnrestricted () && (p is CodeAccessPermission) && (p is IUnrestrictedPermission)) {
318                                         i = (IPermission) Activator.CreateInstance (t, psUnrestricted);
319                                 } else {
320                                         i = target.GetPermission (t);
321                                 }
322                                 
323                                 if (!p.IsSubsetOf (i))
324                                         return false; // not a subset (condition b)
325                         }
326                         return true;
327                 }
328
329                 [MonoTODO ("CAS support is experimental (and unsupported). Imperative mode is not implemented.")]
330                 public void PermitOnly ()
331                 {
332                         if (!SecurityManager.SecurityEnabled)
333                                 return;
334
335                         foreach (IPermission p in list) {
336                                 // note: we ignore non-CAS permissions
337                                 if (p is IStackWalk) {
338                                         throw new NotSupportedException ("Currently only declarative Deny are supported.");
339                                 }
340                         }
341                 }
342
343                 public bool ContainsNonCodeAccessPermissions () 
344                 {
345                         if (list.Count > 0) {
346                                 foreach (IPermission p in list) {
347                                         if (! p.GetType ().IsSubclassOf (typeof (CodeAccessPermission)))
348                                                 return true;
349                                 }
350                         }
351                         return false;
352                 }
353
354                 // FIXME little documentation in Fx 2.0 beta 1
355                 public static byte[] ConvertPermissionSet (string inFormat, byte[] inData, string outFormat) 
356                 {
357                         if (inFormat == null)
358                                 throw new ArgumentNullException ("inFormat");
359                         if (outFormat == null)
360                                 throw new ArgumentNullException ("outFormat");
361                         if (inData == null)
362                                 return null;
363
364                         if (inFormat == outFormat)
365                                 return inData;
366
367                         PermissionSet ps = null;
368
369                         if (inFormat == "BINARY") {
370                                 if (outFormat.StartsWith ("XML")) {
371                                         using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream (inData)) {
372                                                 BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter ();
373                                                 ps = (PermissionSet) formatter.Deserialize (ms);
374                                                 ms.Close ();
375                                         }
376                                         string xml = ps.ToString ();
377                                         switch (outFormat) {
378                                                 case "XML":
379                                                 case "XMLASCII":
380                                                         return Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes (xml);
381                                                 case "XMLUNICODE":
382                                                         return Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes (xml);
383                                         }
384                                 }
385                         }
386                         else if (inFormat.StartsWith ("XML")) {
387                                 if (outFormat == "BINARY") {
388                                         string xml = null;
389                                         switch (inFormat) {
390                                                 case "XML":
391                                                 case "XMLASCII":
392                                                         xml = Encoding.ASCII.GetString (inData);
393                                                         break;
394                                                 case "XMLUNICODE":
395                                                         xml = Encoding.Unicode.GetString (inData);
396                                                         break;
397                                         }
398                                         if (xml != null) {
399                                                 ps = new PermissionSet (PermissionState.None);
400                                                 ps.FromXml (SecurityElement.FromString (xml));
401
402                                                 MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream ();
403                                                 BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter ();
404                                                 formatter.Serialize (ms, ps);
405                                                 ms.Close ();
406                                                 return ms.ToArray ();
407                                         }
408                                 }
409                                 else if (outFormat.StartsWith ("XML")) {
410                                         string msg = String.Format (Locale.GetText ("Can't convert from {0} to {1}"), inFormat, outFormat);
411                                         throw new XmlSyntaxException (msg);
412                                 }
413                         }
414                         else {
415                                 // unknown inFormat, returns null
416                                 return null;
417                         }
418                         // unknown outFormat, throw
419                         throw new SerializationException (String.Format (Locale.GetText ("Unknown output format {0}."), outFormat));
420                 }
421
422                 public IPermission GetPermission (Type permClass)
423                 {
424                         if ((permClass == null) || (list.Count == 0))
425                                 return null;
426
427                         foreach (object o in list) {
428                                 if ((o != null) && o.GetType ().Equals (permClass))
429                                         return (IPermission) o;
430                         }
431                         // it's normal to return null for unrestricted sets
432                         return null;
433                 }
434
435                 public PermissionSet Intersect (PermissionSet other)
436                 {
437                         // no intersection possible
438                         if ((other == null) || (other.IsEmpty ()) || (this.IsEmpty ()))
439                                 return null;
440
441                         PermissionState state = PermissionState.None;
442                         if (this.IsUnrestricted () && other.IsUnrestricted ())
443                                 state = PermissionState.Unrestricted;
444
445                         PermissionSet interSet = null;
446                         // much simpler with 2.0
447                         if (state == PermissionState.Unrestricted) {
448                                 interSet = new PermissionSet (state);
449                         } else if (this.IsUnrestricted ()) {
450                                 interSet = other.Copy ();
451                         } else if (other.IsUnrestricted ()) {
452                                 interSet = this.Copy ();
453                         } else {
454                                 interSet = new PermissionSet (state);
455                                 InternalIntersect (interSet, this, other, false);
456                         }
457                         return interSet;
458                 }
459
460                 internal void InternalIntersect (PermissionSet intersect, PermissionSet a, PermissionSet b, bool unrestricted)
461                 {
462                         foreach (IPermission p in b.list) {
463                                 // for every type in both list
464                                 IPermission i = a.GetPermission (p.GetType ());
465                                 if (i != null) {
466                                         // add intersection for this type
467                                         intersect.AddPermission (p.Intersect (i));
468                                 }
469                                 // unrestricted is possible for indentity permissions
470                                 else if (unrestricted) {
471                                         intersect.AddPermission (p);
472                                 }
473                                 // or reject!
474                         }
475                 }
476
477                 public bool IsEmpty ()
478                 {
479                         // note: Unrestricted isn't empty
480                         if (state == PermissionState.Unrestricted)
481                                 return false;
482                         if ((list == null) || (list.Count == 0))
483                                 return true;
484                         // the set may include some empty permissions
485                         foreach (IPermission p in list) {
486                                 // empty == fully restricted == IsSubsetOf(null) == true
487                                 if (!p.IsSubsetOf (null))
488                                         return false;
489                         }
490                         return true;
491                 }
492
493                 public bool IsUnrestricted ()
494                 {
495                         return (state == PermissionState.Unrestricted);
496                 }
497
498                 public IPermission RemovePermission (Type permClass)
499                 {
500                         if ((permClass == null) || _readOnly)
501                                 return null;
502
503                         foreach (object o in list) {
504                                 if (o.GetType ().Equals (permClass)) {
505                                         list.Remove (o);
506                                         return (IPermission) o;
507                                 }
508                         }
509                         return null;
510                 }
511
512                 public IPermission SetPermission (IPermission perm)
513                 {
514                         if ((perm == null) || _readOnly)
515                                 return perm;
516                         IUnrestrictedPermission u = (perm as IUnrestrictedPermission);
517                         if (u == null) {
518                                 state = PermissionState.None;
519                         } else {
520                                 state = u.IsUnrestricted () ? state : PermissionState.None;
521                         }
522                         RemovePermission (perm.GetType ());
523                         list.Add (perm);
524                         return perm;
525                 }
526
527                 public override string ToString ()
528                 {
529                         return ToXml ().ToString ();
530                 }
531
532                 public virtual SecurityElement ToXml ()
533                 {
534                         SecurityElement se = new SecurityElement (tagName);
535                         se.AddAttribute ("class", GetType ().FullName);
536                         se.AddAttribute ("version", version.ToString ());
537                         if (state == PermissionState.Unrestricted)
538                                 se.AddAttribute ("Unrestricted", "true");
539
540                         // required for permissions that do not implement IUnrestrictedPermission
541                         foreach (IPermission p in list) {
542                                 se.AddChild (p.ToXml ());
543                         }
544                         return se;
545                 }
546
547                 public PermissionSet Union (PermissionSet other)
548                 {
549                         if (other == null)
550                                 return this.Copy ();
551
552                         PermissionSet copy = null;
553                         if (this.IsUnrestricted () || other.IsUnrestricted ()) {
554                                 // there are no child elements in unrestricted permission sets
555                                 return new PermissionSet (PermissionState.Unrestricted);
556                         } else {
557                                 copy = this.Copy ();
558                                 // PermissionState.None -> copy all permissions
559                                 foreach (IPermission p in other.list) {
560                                         copy.AddPermission (p);
561                                 }
562                         }
563                         return copy;
564                 }
565
566                 public virtual int Count {
567                         get { return list.Count; }
568                 }
569
570                 public virtual bool IsSynchronized {
571                         get { return list.IsSynchronized; }
572                 }
573
574                 public virtual bool IsReadOnly {
575                         // always false (as documented) but the PermissionSet can be read-only
576                         // e.g. in a PolicyStatement
577                         get { return false; } 
578                 }
579
580                 public virtual object SyncRoot {
581                         get { return this; }
582                 }
583
584                 internal bool DeclarativeSecurity {
585                         get { return _declsec; }
586                         set { _declsec = value; }
587                 }
588
589                 [MonoTODO ("may not be required")]
590                 void IDeserializationCallback.OnDeserialization (object sender) 
591                 {
592                 }
593
594                 [ComVisible (false)]
595                 public override bool Equals (object obj)
596                 {
597                         if (obj == null)
598                                 return false;
599                         PermissionSet ps = (obj as PermissionSet);
600                         if (ps == null)
601                                 return false;
602                         if (state != ps.state)
603                                 return false;
604                         if (list.Count != ps.Count)
605                                 return false;
606
607                         for (int i=0; i < list.Count; i++) {
608                                 bool found = false;
609                                 for (int j=0; i < ps.list.Count; j++) {
610                                         if (list [i].Equals (ps.list [j])) {
611                                                 found = true;
612                                                 break;
613                                         }
614                                 }
615                                 if (!found)
616                                         return false;
617                         }
618                         return true;
619                 }
620
621                 [ComVisible (false)]
622                 public override int GetHashCode ()
623                 {
624                         return (list.Count == 0) ? (int) state : base.GetHashCode ();
625                 }
626
627                 // FIXME what's it doing here? There's probably a reason this was added here.
628                 static public void RevertAssert ()
629                 {
630                         CodeAccessPermission.RevertAssert ();
631                 }
632
633                 // internal
634
635                 internal PolicyLevel Resolver {
636                         get { return _policyLevel; }
637                         set { _policyLevel = value; }
638                 }
639
640                 internal void SetReadOnly (bool value)
641                 {
642                         _readOnly = value;
643                 }
644
645                 private bool AllIgnored ()
646                 {
647                         if (_ignored == null)
648                                 throw new NotSupportedException ("bad bad bad");
649
650                         for (int i=0; i < _ignored.Length; i++) {
651                                 if (!_ignored [i])
652                                         return false;
653                         }
654                         // everything is ignored (i.e. non-CAS permission or asserted permission).
655                         return true;
656                 }
657
658                 // 2.0 metadata format
659
660                 internal static PermissionSet CreateFromBinaryFormat (byte[] data)
661                 {
662                         if ((data == null) || (data [0] != 0x2E) || (data.Length < 2)) {
663                                 string msg = Locale.GetText ("Invalid data in 2.0 metadata format.");
664                                 throw new SecurityException (msg);
665                         }
666
667                         int pos = 1;
668                         int numattr = ReadEncodedInt (data, ref pos);
669                         PermissionSet ps = new PermissionSet (PermissionState.None);
670                         for (int i = 0; i < numattr; i++) {
671                                 IPermission p = ProcessAttribute (data, ref pos);
672                                 if (p == null) {
673                                         string msg = Locale.GetText ("Unsupported data found in 2.0 metadata format.");
674                                         throw new SecurityException (msg);
675                                 }
676                                 ps.AddPermission (p);
677                         }
678                         return ps;
679                 }
680
681                 internal static int ReadEncodedInt (byte[] data, ref int position)
682                 {
683                         int len = 0;
684                         if ((data [position] & 0x80) == 0) {
685                                 len = data [position];
686                                 position ++;
687                         } else if ((data [position] & 0x40) == 0) {
688                                 len = ((data [position] & 0x3f) << 8 | data [position + 1]);
689                                 position += 2;
690                         } else {
691                                 len = (((data [position] & 0x1f) << 24) | (data [position + 1] << 16) |
692                                         (data [position + 2] << 8) | (data [position + 3]));
693                                 position += 4;
694                         }
695                         return len;
696                 }
697
698                 static object[] action = new object [1] { (SecurityAction) 0 };
699
700                 // TODO: add support for arrays and enums (2.0)
701                 internal static IPermission ProcessAttribute (byte[] data, ref int position)
702                 {
703                         int clen = ReadEncodedInt (data, ref position);
704                         string cnam = Encoding.UTF8.GetString (data, position, clen);
705                         position += clen;
706
707                         Type secattr = Type.GetType (cnam);
708                         SecurityAttribute sa = (Activator.CreateInstance (secattr, action) as SecurityAttribute);
709                         if (sa == null)
710                                 return null;
711
712                         /*int optionalParametersLength =*/ ReadEncodedInt (data, ref position);
713                         int numberOfParameters = ReadEncodedInt (data, ref position);
714                         for (int j=0; j < numberOfParameters; j++) {
715                                 bool property = false;
716                                 switch (data [position++]) {
717                                 case 0x53: // field (technically possible and working)
718                                         property = false;
719                                         break;
720                                 case 0x54: // property (common case)
721                                         property = true;
722                                         break;
723                                 default:
724                                         return null;
725                                 }
726
727                                 bool array = false;
728                                 byte type = data [position++];
729                                 if (type == 0x1D) {
730                                         array = true;
731                                         type = data [position++];
732                                 }
733
734                                 int plen = ReadEncodedInt (data, ref position);
735                                 string pnam = Encoding.UTF8.GetString (data, position, plen);
736                                 position += plen;
737
738                                 int arrayLength = 1;
739                                 if (array) {
740                                         arrayLength = BitConverter.ToInt32 (data, position);
741                                         position += 4;
742                                 }
743
744                                 object obj = null;
745                                 object[] arrayIndex = null;
746                                 for (int i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
747                                         if (array) {
748                                                 // TODO - setup index (2.0)
749                                         }
750
751                                         // sadly type values doesn't match ther TypeCode enum :(
752                                         switch (type) {
753                                         case 0x02: // MONO_TYPE_BOOLEAN
754                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToBoolean (data [position++]);
755                                                 break;
756                                         case 0x03: // MONO_TYPE_CHAR
757                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToChar (data [position]);
758                                                 position += 2;
759                                                 break;
760                                         case 0x04: // MONO_TYPE_I1
761                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToSByte (data [position++]);
762                                                 break;
763                                         case 0x05: // MONO_TYPE_U1
764                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToByte (data [position++]);
765                                                 break;
766                                         case 0x06: // MONO_TYPE_I2
767                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToInt16 (data [position]);
768                                                 position += 2;
769                                                 break;
770                                         case 0x07: // MONO_TYPE_U2
771                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToUInt16 (data [position]);
772                                                 position += 2;
773                                                 break;
774                                         case 0x08: // MONO_TYPE_I4
775                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToInt32 (data [position]);
776                                                 position += 4;
777                                                 break;
778                                         case 0x09: // MONO_TYPE_U4
779                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToUInt32 (data [position]);
780                                                 position += 4;
781                                                 break;
782                                         case 0x0A: // MONO_TYPE_I8
783                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToInt64 (data [position]);
784                                                 position += 8;
785                                                 break;
786                                         case 0x0B: // MONO_TYPE_U8
787                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToUInt64 (data [position]);
788                                                 position += 8;
789                                                 break;
790                                         case 0x0C: // MONO_TYPE_R4
791                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToSingle (data [position]);
792                                                 position += 4;
793                                                 break;
794                                         case 0x0D: // MONO_TYPE_R8
795                                                 obj = (object) Convert.ToDouble (data [position]);
796                                                 position += 8;
797                                                 break;
798                                         case 0x0E: // MONO_TYPE_STRING
799                                                 string s = null;
800                                                 if (data [position] != 0xFF) {
801                                                         int slen = ReadEncodedInt (data, ref position);
802                                                         s = Encoding.UTF8.GetString (data, position, slen);
803                                                         position += slen;
804                                                 } else {
805                                                         position++;
806                                                 }
807                                                 obj = (object) s;
808                                                 break;
809                                         case 0x50: // special for TYPE
810                                                 int tlen = ReadEncodedInt (data, ref position);
811                                                 obj = (object) Type.GetType (Encoding.UTF8.GetString (data, position, tlen));
812                                                 position += tlen;
813                                                 break;
814                                         default:
815                                                 return null; // unsupported
816                                         }
817
818                                         if (property) {
819                                                 PropertyInfo pi = secattr.GetProperty (pnam);
820                                                 pi.SetValue (sa, obj, arrayIndex);
821                                         } else {
822                                                 FieldInfo fi = secattr.GetField (pnam);
823                                                 fi.SetValue (sa, obj);
824                                         }
825                                 }
826                         }
827                         return sa.CreatePermission ();
828                 }
829         }
830 }