Date: 01/12/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: java

Finally you can easily accept password from console in Java, without echoing them. This long unmet need has been addressed in JDK 1.6 codeline. A new class - java.io.Console has been defined to handle console I/O. To accept password from console in JDK 6.0 (aka JDK 1.6) use either: public char[] readPassword() or public char[] readPassword(String fmt, Object… args) Sample code: [...]

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