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:

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`char[]`	`getPassword()`	Returns the user password.
`String`	`getUserName()`	Returns the user name.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Constructor Details

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 Details

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

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