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package java.net;


/**
 * The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by
 * Authenticator. It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.
 *
 * @see java.net.Authenticator
 * @see java.net.Authenticator#getPasswordAuthentication()
 *
 * @author Bill Foote
 * @since 1.2
 */

public final class PasswordAuthentication {

 private String userName;
 private char[] password;

 /**
 * Creates a new {@code PasswordAuthentication} object from the given
 * user name and password.
 *
 * <p> Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in
 * the new {@code PasswordAuthentication} object.
 *
 * @param userName the user name
 * @param password the user's password
 */
 public PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) {
 this.userName = userName;
 this.password = password.clone();
 }

 /**
 * Returns the user name.
 *
 * @return the user name
 */
 public String getUserName() {
 return userName;
 }

 /**
 * Returns the user password.
 *
 * <p> 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.
 *
 * @return the password
 */
 public char[] getPassword() {
 return password;
 }
}