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Class java.net.PasswordAuthentication

java.lang.Object
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  +--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:

JDK1.2

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