Package org.jdesktop.swingx.auth

Class PasswordStore

  • public abstract class PasswordStore
extends java.lang.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 Description
      PasswordStore()  

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      abstract char[] get​(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String server)
      Fetches the password for a given server and username.
      abstract void removeUserPassword​(java.lang.String username)
      This should attempt to remove the given username from the password store, as well as any associated password.
      abstract boolean set​(java.lang.String username, java.lang.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​(java.lang.String username,
                            java.lang.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​(java.lang.String username,
                           java.lang.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​(java.lang.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