org.ldaptive

Class Credential

java.lang.Object

org.ldaptive.Credential

public class Credential
extends Object

Provides convenience methods for converting the various types of passwords into a byte array.

Author:

Middleware Services

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Credential(byte[] password) Creates a new credential.
Credential(char[] password) Creates a new credential.
Credential(String password) Creates a new credential.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getBytes() Returns this credential as a byte array.
char[]	getChars() Returns this credential as a character array.
String	getString() Returns this credential as a string.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Credential

public Credential(String password)

Creates a new credential.

Parameters:

password - converted from UTF-8 to a byte array

Credential

public Credential(char[] password)

Creates a new credential.

Parameters:

password - converted from UTF-8 to a byte array

Credential

public Credential(byte[] password)

Creates a new credential.

Parameters:

password - to store

Method Detail

getBytes

public byte[] getBytes()

Returns this credential as a byte array.

Returns:

credential bytes

getString

public String getString()

Returns this credential as a string.

Returns:

credential string

getChars

public char[] getChars()

Returns this credential as a character array.

Returns:

credential characters

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object