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package com.intellij.ide.passwordSafe;
import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
/**
* The password safe component. It allows storing, removing, and retrieving the passwords.
* Note that on the first access to the password safe functions, the dialog asking for the
* master password might have to be shown. So the access should be either done from UI thread,
* or it should be possible to invoke {@link java.awt.EventQueue#invokeAndWait(Runnable)}
* method when password access methods are invoked.
*
* @see com.intellij.ide.passwordSafe.ui.PasswordSafePromptDialog
*/
public abstract class PasswordSafe implements PasswordStorage {
/**
* @return the instance of password safe service
*/
public static PasswordSafe getInstance() {
return ServiceManager.getService(PasswordSafe.class);
}
}