PasswordValidationCallback (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.0.Beta public API)

java.lang.Object
- javax.security.auth.message.callback.PasswordValidationCallback

All Implemented Interfaces:

Callback
```
public class PasswordValidationCallback
extends Object
implements Callback
```
Callback for PasswordValidation.
This callback may be used by an authentication module to employ the password validation facilities of its containing runtime. This Callback would typically be called by a ServerAuthModule during validateRequest processing.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PasswordValidationCallback(Subject subject, String username, char[] password)`	Create a PasswordValidationCallback.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`clearPassword()`	Clear the password.
`char[]`	`getPassword()`	Get the password.
`boolean`	`getResult()`	Get the authentication result.
`Subject`	`getSubject()`	Get the subject.
`String`	`getUsername()`	Get the username.
`void`	`setResult(boolean result)`	Set the authentication result.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PasswordValidationCallback
```
public PasswordValidationCallback(Subject subject,
                                  String username,
                                  char[] password)
```
    Create a PasswordValidationCallback.
    
    Parameters:
    
    subject - The subject for authentication
    
    username - The username to authenticate
    
    password - The user's password, which may be null.
- Method Detail
  - getSubject
```
public Subject getSubject()
```
    Get the subject.
    
    Returns:
    
    The subject.
  - getUsername
```
public String getUsername()
```
    Get the username.
    
    Returns:
    
    The username.
  - getPassword
```
public char[] getPassword()
```
    Get 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.
  - clearPassword
```
public void clearPassword()
```
    Clear the password.
  - setResult
```
public void setResult(boolean result)
```
    Set the authentication result.
    
    Parameters:
    
    result - True if authentication succeeded, false otherwise
  - getResult
```
public boolean getResult()
```
    Get the authentication result.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if authentication succeeded, false otherwise