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package java.net;

/**
 * This immutable class is a data structure that encapsulates username and
 * password which is used by the {@code Authenticator} class.
 *
 * @see Authenticator
 */
public final class PasswordAuthentication {

    private String userName;

    private char[] password;

    /**
     * Creates an instance of a password authentication with a specified
     * username and password.
     * 
     * @param userName
     *            the username to store.
     * @param password
     *            the associated password to store.
     */
    public PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) {
        this.userName = userName;
        this.password = password.clone();
    }

    /**
     * Gets a clone of the password stored by this instance. The user is
     * responsible to finalize the returned array if the password clone is no
     * longer needed.
     * 
     * @return the copied password.
     */
    public char[] getPassword() {
        return password.clone();
    }

    /**
     * Gets the username stored by this instance.
     * 
     * @return the stored username.
     */
    public String getUserName() {
        return userName;
    }
}