Added in API level 1

PasswordAuthentication

public final class PasswordAuthentication
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.net.PasswordAuthentication


The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by Authenticator. It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.

Summary

Public constructors

PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)

Creates a new PasswordAuthentication object from the given user name and password.

Public methods

char[] getPassword()

Returns the user password.

String getUserName()

Returns the user name.

Inherited methods

Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

void finalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

final Class<?> getClass()

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

final void notify()

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

final void notifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

PasswordAuthentication

Added in API level 1
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 String: the user name

password char: the user's password

Public methods

getPassword

Added in API level 1
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
char[] the password

getUserName

Added in API level 1
public String getUserName ()

Returns the user name.

Returns
String the user name