KeyStore.PasswordProtection

extends Object
implements KeyStore.ProtectionParameter Destroyable

java.lang.Object
↳	java.security.KeyStore.PasswordProtection

Class Overview

A password-based implementation of ProtectionParameter.

Summary

Public Constructors
	KeyStore.PasswordProtection(char[] password) Creates a password parameter.

Public Methods
synchronized void	destroy() Clears the password.
synchronized char[]	getPassword() Gets the password.
synchronized boolean	isDestroyed() Determines if password has been cleared.

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
void	finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
final void	notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
final void	notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.
final void	wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.

From interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable

Public Constructors

public KeyStore.PasswordProtection (char[] password)

Creates a password parameter.

The specified password is cloned before it is stored in the new PasswordProtection object.

Parameters

password	the password, which may be `null`

Public Methods

public synchronized void destroy ()

Clears the password.

Throws

	if this method was unable to clear the password
DestroyFailedException

public synchronized char[] getPassword ()

Gets the password.

Note that this method returns a reference to the password. If a clone of the array is created it is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.

Returns

the password, which may be null

Throws

IllegalStateException	if the password has been cleared (destroyed)

public synchronized boolean isDestroyed ()

Determines if password has been cleared.

Returns

true if the password has been cleared, false otherwise

Interfaces

Classes

Enums

Exceptions

KeyStore.PasswordProtection

Class Overview

Summary

Public Constructors

public KeyStore.PasswordProtection (char[] password)

Parameters

Public Methods

public synchronized void destroy ()

Throws

public synchronized char[] getPassword ()

Returns

Throws

See Also

public synchronized boolean isDestroyed ()

Returns