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
Constructor | Description |
---|---|
PasswordAuthentication(String userName,
char[] password) | Creates a new |
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 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