examples.mail

Class Utils

java.lang.Object

examples.mail.Utils

class Utils
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for mail examples

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	Utils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
(package private) static java.lang.String	getPassword(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) If the initial password is: '*' - replace it with a line read from the system console '-' - replace it with next line from STDIN 'ABCD' - if the input is all upper case, use the field as an environment variable name Note: there are no guarantees that the password cannot be snooped.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Utils

private Utils()

Method Detail

getPassword

static java.lang.String getPassword(java.lang.String username,
                                    java.lang.String password)
                             throws java.io.IOException

If the initial password is: '*' - replace it with a line read from the system console '-' - replace it with next line from STDIN 'ABCD' - if the input is all upper case, use the field as an environment variable name Note: there are no guarantees that the password cannot be snooped. Even using the console may be subject to memory snooping, however it should be safer than the other methods. STDIN may require creating a temporary file which could be read by others Environment variables may be visible by using PS

Throws:

java.io.IOException