java.net
Class PasswordAuthentication

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.net.PasswordAuthentication

public final class PasswordAuthentication

extends Object

Untamed: 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

Version:

1.13, 12/03/01

Author:

Bill Foote

See Also:

java.net.Authenticator, java.net.Authenticator#getPasswordAuthentication()

Field Summary

private char[]	password
private String	userName

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

userName

private String userName

password

private char[] password

Constructor Detail

PasswordAuthentication

public PasswordAuthentication(String userName,
                              char[] password)

Enabled: 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()

Enabled: Returns the user name.

Returns:

the user name

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Enabled: 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