Constructor Detail

• KeyStore.PasswordProtection

  public KeyStore.PasswordProtection(char[] password)

  Creates a password parameter.

  The specified password is cloned before it is stored in the new PasswordProtection object.

  Parameters:

  password - the password, which may be null

Method Detail

• getPassword

  public char[] getPassword()

  Gets the password.

  Note that this method returns a reference to the password. If a clone of the array is created it is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.

  Returns:

  the password, which may be null

  Throws:

  IllegalStateException - if the password has been cleared (destroyed)

  See Also:

  destroy()

• destroy

  public void destroy()
               throws DestroyFailedException

  Clears the password.

  Specified by:

  destroy in interface Destroyable

  Throws:

  DestroyFailedException - if this method was unable to clear the password

• isDestroyed

  public boolean isDestroyed()

  Determines if password has been cleared.

  Specified by:

  isDestroyed in interface Destroyable

  Returns:

  true if the password has been cleared, false otherwise