com.iplanet.trustbase.security.store
Class Password

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.iplanet.trustbase.security.store.Password

All Implemented Interfaces:

PasswordCallback

public class Password

extends java.lang.Object

implements PasswordCallback

Password holds a users password in a char array. a char array is used rather than a String to allow the password to be erased. Password also implements PasswordCallback, so it can be supplied as a simple PasswordCallback parameter

Inner classes inherited from class com.iplanet.trustbase.security.store.PasswordCallback

PasswordCallback.GiveUpException

Constructor Summary

Password(char[] password)
Creates new Password

Method Summary

char[]	getPasswordChars()
Password	readPassword(java.lang.String displayText) called on a first attempt to read a password
Password	readPasswordAgain(java.lang.String displayText) called on a second or subsequent attempt to read a password

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Password

public Password(char[] password)

Creates new Password

Method Detail

readPassword

public Password readPassword(java.lang.String displayText)

Description copied from interface: PasswordCallback

called on a first attempt to read a password

Specified by:

readPassword in interface PasswordCallback

readPasswordAgain

public Password readPasswordAgain(java.lang.String displayText)
                           throws PasswordCallback.GiveUpException

Description copied from interface: PasswordCallback

called on a second or subsequent attempt to read a password

Specified by:

readPasswordAgain in interface PasswordCallback

getPasswordChars

public char[] getPasswordChars()