public final class

PasswordAuthentication

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.net.PasswordAuthentication

Class Overview

The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by Authenticator. It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.

Summary

Public Constructors
PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)
Creates a new PasswordAuthentication object from the given user name and password.
Public Methods
char[] getPassword()
Returns the user password.
String getUserName()
Returns the user name.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

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

Public Methods

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

public String getUserName ()

Returns the user name.

Returns
  • the user name