net.sourceforge.simpleaim
Class MaskingThread

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Thread
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        +--net.sourceforge.simpleaim.MaskingThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class MaskingThread

extends java.lang.Thread

This class erases characters echoed to the console (used for hiding passwords). There's no replacement; the display should show nothing. Due to threading, effectiveness may depend on amount of system load.

Author:

simpleaim.sourceforge.net

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

MaskingThread(java.lang.String prompt)
Constructor for the net.sourceforge.simpleaim.MaskingThread object

Method Summary

void	run() Main processing method for the net.sourceforge.simpleaim.MaskingThread object.
void	stopMasking() This method tells this class to stop masking text to the console.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MaskingThread

public MaskingThread(java.lang.String prompt)

Constructor for the net.sourceforge.simpleaim.MaskingThread object

Parameters:

prompt - The prompt displayed to the user.

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Main processing method for the net.sourceforge.simpleaim.MaskingThread object.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

stopMasking

public void stopMasking()

This method tells this class to stop masking text to the console.