org.jdesktop.swingx.auth

Class PasswordStore

java.lang.Object

org.jdesktop.swingx.auth.PasswordStore

public abstract class PasswordStore
extends Object

PasswordStore specifies a mechanism to store passwords used to authenticate using the LoginService. The actual mechanism used to store the passwords is left up to the implementation.

Author:

Bino George, Jonathan Giles

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PasswordStore()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract char[]	get(String username, String server) Fetches the password for a given server and username.
abstract void	removeUserPassword(String username) This should attempt to remove the given username from the password store, as well as any associated password.
abstract boolean	set(String username, String server, char[] password) Saves a password for future use.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PasswordStore

public PasswordStore()

Method Detail

set

public abstract boolean set(String username,
                            String server,
                            char[] password)

Saves a password for future use.

Parameters:

username - username used to authenticate.

server - server used for authentication

password - password to save. Password can't be null. Use empty array for empty password.

get

public abstract char[] get(String username,
                           String server)

Fetches the password for a given server and username.

Parameters:

username - username

server - server

Returns:

null if not found, a character array representing the password otherwise. Returned array can be empty if the password is empty.

removeUserPassword

public abstract void removeUserPassword(String username)

This should attempt to remove the given username from the password store, as well as any associated password.

Parameters:

username - The username to remove