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+/*
+ * Copyright 1997-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.net;
+
+
+/**
+ * The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by
+ * Authenticator.  It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.
+ *
+ * @see java.net.Authenticator
+ * @see java.net.Authenticator#getPasswordAuthentication()
+ *
+ * @author  Bill Foote
+ * @since   1.2
+ */
+
+public final class PasswordAuthentication {
+
+    private String userName;
+    private char[] password;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new <code>PasswordAuthentication</code> object from the given
+     * user name and password.
+     *
+     * <p> Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in
+     * the new <code>PasswordAuthentication</code> object.
+     *
+     * @param userName the user name
+     * @param password the user's password
+     */
+    public PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) {
+        this.userName = userName;
+        this.password = password.clone();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the user name.
+     *
+     * @return the user name
+     */
+    public String getUserName() {
+        return userName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the user password.
+     *
+     * <p> 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.
+     *
+     * @return the password
+     */
+    public char[] getPassword() {
+        return password;
+    }
+}