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Class PasswordAuthentication

java.lang.Object
  java.net.PasswordAuthentication

public final class PasswordAuthentication
extends Object

The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by Authenticator. It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.

Since:

1.2

See Also:

Authenticator, Authenticator.getPasswordAuthentication()

Constructor Summary

PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)
Creates a new PasswordAuthentication object from the given user name and password.

Method Summary

char[]	getPassword() Returns the user password.
String	getUserName() Returns the user name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PasswordAuthentication

public PasswordAuthentication(String userName,
                              char[] password)

Creates a new PasswordAuthentication object from the given user name and password.

Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in the new PasswordAuthentication object.

Parameters:

userName - the user name

password - the user's password

Method Detail

getUserName

public String getUserName()

Returns the user name.

Returns:

the user name

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Returns the user password.

Note that this method returns a reference to the password. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.

Returns:

the password