Summary: Ctors | Methods | Inherited Methods

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.

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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

From class java.lang.Object

`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