org.eclipse.higgins.cardstore.manager
Class PasswordPrompt

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.higgins.cardstore.manager.PasswordPrompt

public class PasswordPrompt
extends Object

This class prompts the user for a password and attempts to mask input with "*"

Constructor Summary

PasswordPrompt()

Method Summary

static char[]

getPassword(InputStream in, String prompt)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PasswordPrompt

public PasswordPrompt()

Method Detail

getPassword

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

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:

IOException