public final class PasswordAuthentication extends Object
Authenticator
,
Authenticator.getPasswordAuthentication()
Constructor and Description |
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PasswordAuthentication(String userName,
char[] password)
Creates a new
PasswordAuthentication object from the given
user name and password. |
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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char[] |
getPassword()
Returns the user password.
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String |
getUserName()
Returns the user name.
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public PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)
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.
userName
- the user namepassword
- the user's passwordpublic String getUserName()
public char[] getPassword()
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.
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