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package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk;
import java.io.Serializable;
import com.unboundid.util.Extensible;
import com.unboundid.util.NotNull;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
/**
* This class defines an API that may be used to obtain a clear-text password
* that may be used for authentication or other purposes. Passwords must be
* returned in the form of a byte array, and the contents of that array will be
* zeroed out as soon as the password is no longer required in order to minimize
* the length of time that the password will remain in memory.
*/
@Extensible()
@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
public abstract class PasswordProvider
implements Serializable
{
/**
* The serial version UID for this serializable class.
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = -1582416755360005908L;
/**
* Retrieves a password in a newly-created byte array. Once the password is
* no longer required, the contents of the array will be overwritten so that
* the password is no longer contained in memory.
*
* @return A byte array containing the password that should be used.
*
* @throws LDAPException If a problem is encountered while attempting to
* obtain the password.
*/
@NotNull()
public abstract byte[] getPasswordBytes()
throws LDAPException;
}