/* * @(#)PasswordAuthentication.java 1.17 06/10/10 * * Copyright 1990-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version * 2 only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License version 2 for more details (a copy is * included at /legal/license.txt). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * version 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA * * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa * Clara, CA 95054 or visit www.sun.com if you need additional * information or have any questions. * */ package java.net; /** * 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 java.net.Authenticator * @see java.net.Authenticator#getPasswordAuthentication() * * @version 1.10, 02/02/00 * @since 1.2 */ public final class PasswordAuthentication { private String userName; private char[] password; /** * Creates a new <code>PasswordAuthentication</code> object from the given * user name and password. * * <p> Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in * the new <code>PasswordAuthentication</code> object. * * @param userName the user name * @param password the user's password */ public PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) { this.userName = userName; this.password = (char[])password.clone(); } /** * Returns the user name. * * @return the user name */ public String getUserName() { return userName; } /** * Returns the user password. * * <p> 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. * * @return the password */ public char[] getPassword() { return password; } }