001    /*
002     * $Id: PasswordStore.java,v 1.3 2005/10/10 18:02:48 rbair Exp $
003     *
004     * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle,
005     * Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.
006     *
007     * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010     * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011     * 
012     * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
015     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
016     * 
017     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
018     * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
019     * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
020     */
021    package org.jdesktop.swingx.auth;
022    
023    /**
024     *  PasswordStore specifies a mechanism to store passwords used to authenticate
025     *  using the <strong>LoginService</strong>. The actual mechanism used
026     *  to store the passwords is left up to the implementation.
027     *
028     *  @author Bino George
029     */
030    public abstract class PasswordStore {
031        /**
032         *  Saves a password for future use. 
033         *
034         *  @param username username used to authenticate.
035         *  @param server server used for authentication
036         *  @param password password to save
037         */
038        public abstract boolean set(String username, String server, char[] password);
039        
040        /** 
041         * Fetches the password for a given server and username
042         *  @param username username
043         *  @param server server
044         *  @return password 
045         */
046        public abstract char[] get(String username, String server);
047    }