Package nl.esciencecenter.xenon.credentials

Class PasswordCredential

java.lang.Object

nl.esciencecenter.xenon.credentials.PasswordCredential

All Implemented Interfaces:

Credential, UserCredential

Direct Known Subclasses:

CertificateCredential

public class PasswordCredential
extends java.lang.Object
implements UserCredential

A Credential consisting of a username + password combination.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private char[]	password	Must be char array for security!! (Strings end up in the constant pool, etc.)
private java.lang.String	username	The user name associated with the credential.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PasswordCredential(java.lang.String username, char[] password)	Create a new PasswordCredential using a char array as password.
PasswordCredential(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password)	Create a new PasswordCredential using a String as password.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
char[]	getPassword()	Gets the password.
java.lang.String	getUsername()	Returns the user name associated with this credential.
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

username

private final java.lang.String username

The user name associated with the credential.

password

private final char[] password

Must be char array for security!! (Strings end up in the constant pool, etc.)

Constructor Detail

PasswordCredential

public PasswordCredential(java.lang.String username,
                          java.lang.String password)

Create a new PasswordCredential using a String as password. This String will immediately be converted into a char array internally.

Parameters:

username - the user name of the credential.

password - the password of the credential.

PasswordCredential

public PasswordCredential(java.lang.String username,
                          char[] password)

Create a new PasswordCredential using a char array as password.

Parameters:

username - the user name of the credential.

password - the password of the credential.

Method Detail

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Gets the password.

Returns:

the password

getUsername

public java.lang.String getUsername()

Description copied from interface: UserCredential

Returns the user name associated with this credential.

Specified by:

getUsername in interface UserCredential

Returns:

the user name associated with this credential.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object