BasicAuthenticator (Couchbase, Inc. Enterprise Edition License Agreement 3.0.15-2)

java.lang.Object
- com.couchbase.lite.internal.BaseAuthenticator
- - com.couchbase.lite.BasicAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator
```
public final class BasicAuthenticator
extends com.couchbase.lite.internal.BaseAuthenticator
```
The BasicAuthenticator class is an authenticator that will authenticate using HTTP Basic auth with the given username and password. This should only be used over an SSL/TLS connection, as otherwise it's very easy for anyone sniffing network traffic to read the password.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

BasicAuthenticator(java.lang.String username, char[] password)
Create a Basic Authenticator.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getPassword()`	Deprecated. Use `getPasswordChars(char[])`
`char[]`	`getPasswordChars()`	Get the password.
`java.lang.String`	`getUsername()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - BasicAuthenticator
```
public BasicAuthenticator(@NonNull
                          java.lang.String username,
                          @NonNull
                          char[] password)
```
    Create a Basic Authenticator. The new instance contains a copy of the password char[] parameter: the owner of the original retains the responsibility for zeroing it before releasing it.
- Method Detail
  - getUsername
```
@NonNull
public java.lang.String getUsername()
```
  - getPassword
```
@Deprecated
@NonNull
public java.lang.String getPassword()
```
    Deprecated.
    Use getPasswordChars(char[])
  - getPasswordChars
```
@NonNull
public char[] getPasswordChars()
```
    Get the password. The returned char[] is a copy: the owner is responsible for zeroing it before releasing it.
    
    Returns:
    
    the password, as a char[].