System and method for loading application classes

1. A method, comprising:

determining, at a processing device, a class invoked by an application at run time;

decoding, at the processing device, a security permission encoded as a security token in the application; and

retrieving, from at least one depository, a class variant from a plurality of class variants associated with the class based at least in part on the security permission;

wherein each of the plurality of class variants is configured to define a corresponding functionality of the application; and

wherein the security token is generated upon installation of the application.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising associating each of the plurality of class variants with a corresponding security permission.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising storing each of the plurality of class variants in separate repositories.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of class variants comprises a same namespace.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of class variants comprises a same application programming interface.

6. The method according to claim 2 ,

wherein a first class variant provides a first functionality; and

wherein a second class variant provides a reduced functionality in comparison to the first class variant.

7. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising associating each of the corresponding security permissions with a class variant repository.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of class variants for the class are stored in a repository with a plurality of class variants for at least another class having equivalent security permissions.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory device; and

a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device comprising:

a request handler; and

at least one class loader;

wherein the request handler is configured to:

process a request for a class invoked by an application at run time; and

decode a security permission encoded as a security token in the application;

wherein the at least one class loader is configured to retrieve a class variant from a plurality of class variants associated with the class based at least in part on to the security permission;

wherein each of the plurality of class variants corresponds to a particular functionality of the application; and

wherein the security token is generated upon installation of the application.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein a first class variant provides a first functionality; and

wherein a second class variant provides a reduced functionality in comparison to the first class variant.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein the first class variant is associated with a first security permission; and

wherein the second class variant is associated with a second security permission.

12. A computer-readable storage device including computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, configure the processing device to perform operations comprising:

decoding a security permission encoded as a security token in an application;

determining a class invoked by the application at run time;

selecting a class repository associated with the class; and

loading a variant from a plurality of variants corresponding to the class from the class repository based at least in part on the security permission;

wherein the security token is generated upon installation of the application.

13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the processing device is configured to perform operations further comprising associating each of the plurality of variants with a corresponding security permission level.

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the processing device is configured to perform operations further comprising:

storing each of the plurality of variants in distinct repositories.

15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 14 , wherein the processing device is configured to perform operations further comprising:

associating each of the corresponding security permissions levels to a distinct repository.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of variants comprises a common namespace.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of variants comprises a common application programming interface.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of variants for the class are stored in a repository with a plurality of class variants for at least another class having equivalent security permission levels.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 12 ,

wherein a first class variant provides a first functionality; and

wherein a second class variant provides a reduced functionality in comparison to the first class variant.

20. A device, comprising:

a memory device configured to store instructions; and

a processing device configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory device to:

determine a class invoked by an application at run time;

decode a security level encoded as a security token in the application upon installation of the application;

select a class repository associated with the security level; and

load a class variant from a plurality of class variants corresponding to the class from the class repository.

21. The device of claim 20 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute the instructions further to:

associate each of the plurality of class variants with a corresponding security permission level.

22. The device of claim 21 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute the instructions further to:

store each of the plurality of class variants in distinct repositories.

23. The device of claim 21 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute the instructions further to:

associate corresponding security levels to distinct repositories.

24. The device of claim 21 , wherein each of the plurality of class variants comprises a common namespace.

25. The device of claim 21 , wherein each of the plurality of class variants comprises a common application programming interface.

26. The device of claim 21 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute the instructions further to:

store the plurality of class variants for the class in a repository with a plurality of class variants for at least another class having equivalent security permission levels.

27. The device of claim 20 ,

wherein a first class variant provides a first functionality; and

wherein a second class variant provides a reduced functionality in comparison to the first class variant.

28. A method, comprising:

decoding, at a processing device, a security permission encoded as a security token in an application;

identifying, at the processing device, a requirement for a class in the application at run time;

in response to the class not having been previously loaded, loading, at the processing device, a class variant corresponding to the requirement based at least in part on the security permission;

creating, at the processing device, an instance of the class variant; and

performing, at the processing device, an invocation of the instance of the class variant;

wherein the security token is generated upon installation of the application.

29. A method, comprising:

determining, at a processing device, a class invoked by an application at run time;

decoding, at the processing device, a security permission encoded as a security token in the application;

retrieving, from at least one depository, a class variant from a plurality of class variants associated with the class based at least in part on the security permission;

associating each of the plurality of class variants with a corresponding security permission; and

associating each of the corresponding security permissions with a class variant repository;

wherein each of the plurality of class variants is configured to define a corresponding functionality of the application;

wherein the plurality of class variants for the class are stored in a repository with a plurality of class variants for at least another class having equivalent security permissions; and

wherein the security token is generated upon installation of the application.