PasswordAuthentication (Java Platform SE 6)

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java.net
Class PasswordAuthentication

java.lang.Object
 extended by java.net.PasswordAuthentication

public final class PasswordAuthentication
extends Object
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