Controller Class Security

Like other Apex classes, you can specify whether a user can execute methods in a custom controller or controller extension class based on the user's profile.

Note

Note

If you’ve installed a managed package in your org, you can set security only for the Apex classes in the package that are declared as global or for classes that contain methods declared as webService.

If users have the Author Apex permission, they can access all Apex classes in the associated organization, regardless of the security settings for individual classes.

Permission for an Apex class is checked only at the top level. For example, class A calls class B. User X has a profile that can access class A but not class B. User X can execute the code in class B, but only through class A; user X cannot invoke class B directly. Likewise, if a Visualforce page uses a custom component with an associated controller, security is only checked for the controller associated with the page. The controller associated with the custom component executes regardless of permissions.

To set Apex class security from the class list page:

  1. From Setup, enter Apex Classes in the Quick Find box, then select Apex Classes.
  2. Next to the name of the class that you want to restrict, click Security.
  3. Select the profiles that you want to enable from the Available Profiles list and click Add, or select the profiles that you want to disable from the Enabled Profiles list and click Remove.
  4. Click Save.

To set Apex class security from the class detail page:

  1. From Setup, enter Apex Classes in the Quick Find box, then select Apex Classes.
  2. Click the name of the class that you want to restrict.
  3. Click Security.
  4. Select the profiles that you want to enable from the Available Profiles list and click Add, or select the profiles that you want to disable from the Enabled Profiles list and click Remove.
  5. Click Save.