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    25 

    26 package java.net;

    27 

    28 

    29 /**

    30  * The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by

    31  * Authenticator.  It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.

    32  *

    33  * @see java.net.Authenticator

    34  * @see java.net.Authenticator#getPasswordAuthentication()

    35  *

    36  * @author  Bill Foote

    37  * @since   1.2

    38  */

    39 

    40 public final class PasswordAuthentication {

    41 

    42     private String userName;

    43     private char[] password;

    44 

    45     /**

    46      * Creates a new <code>PasswordAuthentication</code> object from the given

    47      * user name and password.

    48      *

    49      * <p> Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in

    50      * the new <code>PasswordAuthentication</code> object.

    51      *

    52      * @param userName the user name

    53      * @param password the user's password

    54      */

    55     public PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) {

    56         this.userName = userName;

    57         this.password = password.clone();

    58     }

    59 

    60     /**

    61      * Returns the user name.

    62      *

    63      * @return the user name

    64      */

    65     public String getUserName() {

    66         return userName;

    67     }

    68 

    69     /**

    70      * Returns the user password.

    71      *

    72      * <p> Note that this method returns a reference to the password. It is

    73      * the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after

    74      * it is no longer needed.

    75      *

    76      * @return the password

    77      */

    78     public char[] getPassword() {

    79         return password;

    80     }

    81 }