Package org.gitlab4j.api.utils

Class SecretString

java.lang.Object

org.gitlab4j.api.utils.SecretString

All Implemented Interfaces:

AutoCloseable, CharSequence

public class SecretString
extends Object
implements CharSequence, AutoCloseable

This class implements a CharSequence that can be cleared of it's contained characters. This class is utilized to pass around secrets (passwords) instead of a String instance.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SecretString(char[] chars)
SecretString(char[] chars, int start, int end)
SecretString(CharSequence charSequence)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
char	charAt(int index)
void	clear()	Clear the contents of this SecretString instance by setting each character to 0.
void	close()
void	finalize()
int	length()
CharSequence	subSequence(int start, int end)

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.CharSequence

chars, codePoints, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SecretString

public SecretString(CharSequence charSequence)

SecretString

public SecretString(char[] chars)

SecretString

public SecretString(char[] chars,
                    int start,
                    int end)

Method Detail

charAt

public char charAt(int index)

Specified by:

charAt in interface CharSequence

close

public void close()

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

length

public int length()

Specified by:

length in interface CharSequence

subSequence

public CharSequence subSequence(int start,
                                int end)

Specified by:

subSequence in interface CharSequence

clear

public void clear()

Clear the contents of this SecretString instance by setting each character to 0. This is automatically done in the finalize() method.

finalize

public void finalize()
              throws Throwable

Overrides:

finalize in class Object

Throws:

Throwable