PasswordAuthentication

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.

See Also

• Authenticator
• Authenticator.getPasswordAuthentication()

Public Constructor Summary

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

Public Method Summary

char[]	getPassword() Returns the user password.
String	getUserName() Returns the user name.

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this 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