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## java.net
Class PasswordAuthentication

    java.lang.Object
      java.net.PasswordAuthentication

    public final class PasswordAuthentication

extends Object

The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by Authenticator. It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.

Since:
  1.2
See Also:
  `Authenticator`, `Authenticator.getPasswordAuthentication()`

Constructor Summary
`PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)` Creates a new `PasswordAuthentication` object from the given user name and password.

Method Summary
`char[]` | `getPassword()` Returns the user password.
`String` | `getUserName()` Returns the user name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### PasswordAuthentication

    public PasswordAuthentication(String userName,
                                  char[] password)

  Creates a new `PasswordAuthentication` object from the given user name and password.

  Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in the new `PasswordAuthentication` object.

  Parameters:
    `userName` - the user name
    `password` - the user's password

Method Detail

### getUserName

    public String getUserName()

  Returns the user name.

  Returns:
    the user name

### getPassword

    public char[] getPassword()

  Returns the user password.

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

  Returns:
    the password

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