jakarta.resource.spi.security

Class PasswordCredential

java.lang.Object

jakarta.resource.spi.security.PasswordCredential

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class PasswordCredential
extends Object
implements Serializable

The class PasswordCredential acts as a holder for username and password.

Since:

0.6

Version:

0.6

Author:

Rahul Sharma

See Also:

ManagedConnectionFactory, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object other) Compares this PasswordCredential with the specified object for equality.
ManagedConnectionFactory	getManagedConnectionFactory() Gets the target ManagedConnectionFactory for which the user name and password has been set by the application server.
char[]	getPassword() Returns the user password.
String	getUserName() Returns the user name.
int	hashCode() Returns the hash code for this PasswordCredential
void	setManagedConnectionFactory(ManagedConnectionFactory mcf) Sets the target ManagedConenctionFactory instance for which the user name and password has been set by the application server.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PasswordCredential

public PasswordCredential(String userName,
                          char[] password)

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

Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in the new PasswordCredential 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

getManagedConnectionFactory

public ManagedConnectionFactory getManagedConnectionFactory()

Gets the target ManagedConnectionFactory for which the user name and password has been set by the application server. A ManagedConnection- Factory uses this field to find out whether PasswordCredential should be used by it for sign-on to the target EIS instance.

Returns:

ManagedConnectionFactory instance for which user name and password have been specified

setManagedConnectionFactory

public void setManagedConnectionFactory(ManagedConnectionFactory mcf)

Sets the target ManagedConenctionFactory instance for which the user name and password has been set by the application server.

Parameters:

mcf - ManagedConnectionFactory instance for which user name and password have been specified

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Compares this PasswordCredential with the specified object for equality. The two PasswordCredential instances are the same if they are equal in username and password.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

other - Object to which PasswordCredential is to be compared

Returns:

true if and if the specified object is a PasswordCredential whose username and password are equal to this instance.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code for this PasswordCredential

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

hash code for this PasswordCredential