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/* * %W% %E% * * Copyright (c) 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. */ 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() * * @author Bill Foote * @version %I%, %G% * @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; } }