Module jakarta.security

Package jakarta.security.enterprise.credential

Class Password

java.lang.Object

jakarta.security.enterprise.credential.Password

public class Password
extends Object

Represents a text-based password, and includes a built-in mechanism for securely clearing the value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Password(char[] value)	Constructor
Password(String value)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear()	Securely clears the password value.
boolean	compareTo(String password)
char[]	getValue()	Determines the password value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Password

public Password(char[] value)

Constructor

Parameters:

value - The password value

Throws:

NullPointerException - Value is null

Password

public Password(String value)

Constructor

Parameters:

value - The password value

Throws:

NullPointerException - Value is null

Method Details

getValue

public char[] getValue()

Determines the password value.

Returns:

The password value, empty array if cleared.

clear

public void clear()

Securely clears the password value.

compareTo

public boolean compareTo(String password)