javax.wbem.client
Class PasswordCredential

java.lang.Object
  javax.wbem.client.PasswordCredential

public class PasswordCredential
extends Object

PasswordCredential implements a password based credential. This is used with UserPrincipal. PasswordCredential includes the password and optionally the host information for which the password is used to authenticate the UserPrincipal.

Constructor Summary

PasswordCredential(char[] pCredential)
Creates a PasswordCredential using the supplied password.

PasswordCredential(String pCredential)
Creates a PasswordCredential using the supplied password.

PasswordCredential(String pCredential, String pHostname)
Creates a PasswordCredential using the supplied password and host name.

Method Summary

String	getHostName() Get the host name for which the password is used to authenticate.
char[]	getUserPassword() Return the user login password in clear text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PasswordCredential

public PasswordCredential(char[] pCredential)

Creates a PasswordCredential using the supplied password.

Parameters:

pCredential - The user login password in clear text.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the credential is null.

PasswordCredential

public PasswordCredential(String pCredential)

Creates a PasswordCredential using the supplied password.

Parameters:

pCredential - The user login password in clear text.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the credential is null.

PasswordCredential

public PasswordCredential(String pCredential,
                          String pHostname)

Creates a PasswordCredential using the supplied password and host name.

Parameters:

pCredential - The user login password in clear text.

pHostname - The host name information for which the password is used to authenticate.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the credential is null.

Method Detail

getHostName

public String getHostName()

Get the host name for which the password is used to authenticate.

Returns:

The host name.

getUserPassword

public char[] getUserPassword()

Return the user login password in clear text.

Returns:

The user login password.