Re: JPasswordText

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From: Fredrik Skanberg
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 07:57

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The getPassword() method returns a character array.

You can use the following code to create a string:

String myPassword = new String(passwordField.getPassword())

If a method is "deprecated" it means that Sun has introduced a new
better way to do the same thing.

/Fredrik

Chris wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> How can I get the text content of a JPasswordText component to compare it to
> a string ?
> JPasswordText.getText() is "deprecated" (what does it mean BTW ?)
> JPasswordText.getPassword() seems to give me a "crypted" string such as
> [4%C7 when the typed password was "go"...
> 
> Thx

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