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PasswordValidationCallback.java

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package javax.security.auth.message.callback;

import javax.security.auth.Subject;
import javax.security.auth.callback.Callback;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * Callback for PasswordValidation. 
 * This callback may be used by an authentication module 
 * to employ the password validation facilities of its containing runtime.
 * This Callback would typically be called by a <code>ServerAuthModule</code>
 * during <code>validateRequest</code> processing.
 *
 * @version %I%, %G%
 */
public class PasswordValidationCallback implements Callback {

    private Subject subject;
    private String username;
    private char[] password;
    private boolean result = false;

    /**
     * Create a PasswordValidationCallback.
     *
     * @param subject The subject for authentication
     *
     * @param username The username to authenticate
     *
     * @param password tTe user's password, which may be null.
     */
    public PasswordValidationCallback(
            Subject subject, String username, char[] password) {
        this.subject = subject;
	this.username = username;
	if (password != null) {
	    this.password = (char[])password.clone();
	}
    }

    /**
     * Get the subject.
     *
     * @return The subject.
     */
    public Subject getSubject() {
        return subject;
    }

    /**
     * Get the username.
     *
     * @return The username.
     */
    public String getUsername() {
	return username;
    }

    /**
     * Get the password.
     *
     * <p> Note that this method returns a reference to the password.
     * If a clone of the array is created it is the caller's
     * responsibility to zero out the password information after
     * it is no longer needed.
     *
     * @return The password, which may be null.
     */
    public char[] getPassword() {
	return password;
    }

    /**
     * Clear the password.
     */
    public void clearPassword() {
	if (password != null) {
	    Arrays.fill(password, ' ');
	}
    }

    /**
     * Set the authentication result.
     *
     * @param result True if authentication succeeded, false otherwise
     */
    public void setResult(boolean result) {
	this.result = result;
    }

    /**
     * Get the authentication result.
     *
     * @return True if authentication succeeded, false otherwise
     */
    public boolean getResult() {
	return result;
    }
}