edu.washington.cs.rfid.security
Class PasswordField

java.lang.Object
  edu.washington.cs.rfid.security.PasswordField

public class PasswordField
extends java.lang.Object

Implements a secure, masked password field.

Constructor Summary

PasswordField()

Method Summary

static char[]

getPassword(java.io.InputStream in, java.lang.String prompt) Creates a new PasswordField with the specified parameters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PasswordField

public PasswordField()

Method Detail

getPassword

public static final char[] getPassword(java.io.InputStream in,
                                       java.lang.String prompt)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new PasswordField with the specified parameters.

Parameters:

input - stream to be used (e.g. System.in)

prompt - The prompt to display to the user.

Returns:

The password as entered by the user.

Throws:

java.io.IOException