- java.lang.Object
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- java.net.PasswordAuthentication
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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()
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor and Description PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)
Creates a newPasswordAuthentication
object from the given user name and password.
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Constructor Detail
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PasswordAuthentication
public PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)
Creates a newPasswordAuthentication
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 namepassword
- the user's password
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Method Detail
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getUserName
public String getUserName()
Returns the user name.- Returns:
- the user name
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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
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Document created the 11/06/2005, last modified the 04/03/2020
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