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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
* @since 1.2
*/
public final class
PasswordAuthentication {
private
String userName;
private char[]
password;
/**
* Creates a new {@code PasswordAuthentication} 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} object.
*
* @param userName the user name
* @param password the user's password
*/
public
PasswordAuthentication(
String userName, char[]
password) {
this.
userName =
userName;
this.
password =
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;
}
}