PasswordAuthentication (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • 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()

• • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)	Creates a new PasswordAuthentication object from the given user name and password.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  char[]	getPassword()	Returns the user password.
  String	getUserName()	Returns the user name.

     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[clone](../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [hashCode](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--), [notify](../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [toString](../../java/lang/Object.html#toString--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Constructor Detail

     * #### PasswordAuthentication  
     public PasswordAuthentication([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") 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](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") 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

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