java.net

Class PasswordAuthentication

java.lang.Object

java.net.PasswordAuthentication

public final class PasswordAuthentication
extends Object

This immutable class is a data structure that encapsulates username and password which is used by the Authenticator class.

See Also:

Authenticator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) Creates an instance of a password authentication with a specified username and password.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
char[]	getPassword() Gets a clone of the password stored by this instance.
String	getUserName() Gets the username stored by this instance.

Methods inherited from 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 an instance of a password authentication with a specified username and password.

Parameters:

userName - the username to store.

password - the associated password to store.

Method Detail

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Gets a clone of the password stored by this instance. The user is responsible to finalize the returned array if the password clone is no longer needed.

Returns:

the copied password.

getUserName

public String getUserName()

Gets the username stored by this instance.

Returns:

the stored username.