01: /*
02: ItsNat Java Web Application Framework
03: Copyright (C) 2007 Innowhere Software Services S.L., Spanish Company
04: Author: Jose Maria Arranz Santamaria
05:
06: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
07: it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
08: the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
09: (at your option) any later version. See the GNU Affero General Public
10: License for more details. See the copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
11: included in this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
12: */
13:
14: package org.itsnat.comp;
15:
16: /**
17: * Is the base interface of text field components containing a password.
18: *
19: * <p>The user interface typically displays a mask.</p>
20: *
21: * @author Jose Maria Arranz Santamaria
22: */
23: public interface ItsNatPasswordField extends ItsNatTextField {
24: /**
25: * Returns the password value contained in this component as a char array.
26: * For stronger security, it is recommended that the returned character array be
27: * cleared after use by setting each character to zero.
28: *
29: * @return the password text as a char array.
30: * @see #getText()
31: */
32: public char[] getPassword();
33: }
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