de.intarsys.tools.authenticate

Interface IPasswordProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachedPasswordProvider, ConstantPasswordProvider, NullPasswordProvider

public interface IPasswordProvider

A simple interface for a password provider. Implementors can provide passwords from any source, for example a database or a GUI.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
char[]	getPassword() Returns a password or null to indicate cancellation.

Method Detail

getPassword

char[] getPassword()

Returns a password or null to indicate cancellation.

You should be prepared that requesting the password twice will return an empty array or null, as the provider may null out the object for security reasons.

Returns:

a char[] containing the password or null