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PasswordAuthentication
class 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.
Summary
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Creates a new PasswordAuthentication object from the given user name and password.
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| Public methods |
| CharArray! |
Returns the user password.
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| String! |
Returns the user name.
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Public constructors
PasswordAuthentication
PasswordAuthentication(
userName: String!,
password: CharArray!)
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 |
CharArray!: the user's password |
Public methods
getPassword
fun getPassword(): CharArray!
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.
getUserName
fun getUserName(): String!
Returns the user name.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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