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java.security
class KeyStore.PasswordProtection

java.lang.Object extended by java.security.KeyStore.PasswordProtection
All Implemented Interfaces:
KeyStore.ProtectionParameter, Destroyable
Enclosing class:
KeyStore
public static class KeyStore.PasswordProtection
extends Object
implements KeyStore.ProtectionParameter, Destroyable

A password-based implementation of ProtectionParameter.

Constructor Summary
KeyStore.PasswordProtection(char[] password)

          Creates a password parameter.
 
Method Summary
 void
destroy()

          Clears the password.
 char[]
getPassword()

          Gets the password.
 boolean
isDestroyed()

          Determines if password has been cleared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

KeyStore.PasswordProtection

public KeyStore.PasswordProtection(char[] password)
Creates a password parameter.

The specified password is cloned before it is stored in the new PasswordProtection object.

Parameters:
password - the password, which may be null
Method Detail

destroy

public synchronized void destroy()
                          throws DestroyFailedException
Clears the password.

Throws:
DestroyFailedException

getPassword

public synchronized char[] getPassword()
Gets the password.

Note that this method returns a reference to the password. If a clone of the array is created it is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.

Returns:
the password, which may be null

isDestroyed

public synchronized boolean isDestroyed()
Determines if password has been cleared.

Returns:
true if the password has been cleared, false otherwise
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