File	Doc	Category	Size	Date	Package
PasswordCallback.java	API Doc	Java SE 5 API	2984	Fri Aug 26 14:57:48 BST 2005	javax.security.auth.callback

PasswordCallback

• java.lang.Object

Fields Summary
private static final long	serialVersionUID
private String	prompt
private boolean	echoOn
private char[]	inputPassword

Constructors Summary

public PasswordCallback(String prompt, boolean echoOn) Construct a PasswordCallback with a prompt and a boolean specifying whether the password should be displayed as it is being typed. param prompt the prompt used to request the password. param echoOn true if the password should be displayed as it is being typed. exception IllegalArgumentException if prompt is null or if prompt has a length of 0. if (prompt == null || prompt.length() == 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); this.prompt = prompt; this.echoOn = echoOn;

Methods Summary
public void	clearPassword() Clear the retrieved password. if (inputPassword != null) { for (int i = 0; i < inputPassword.length; i++) inputPassword[i] = ' "; }
public char[]	getPassword() Get the retrieved password. This method returns a copy of the retrieved password. return the retrieved password, which may be null. see #setPassword return (inputPassword == null? null : (char[])inputPassword.clone());
public java.lang.String	getPrompt() Get the prompt. return the prompt. return prompt;
public boolean	isEchoOn() Return whether the password should be displayed as it is being typed. return the whether the password should be displayed as it is being typed. return echoOn;
public void	setPassword(char[] password) Set the retrieved password. This method makes a copy of the input password before storing it. param password the retrieved password, which may be null. see #getPassword this.inputPassword = (password == null ? null : (char[])password.clone());