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:

• Authenticator
• Authenticator.getPasswordAuthentication()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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 java.lang.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