JPasswordField is a lightweight component that allows
the editing of a single line of text where the view indicates
something was typed, but does not show the original characters.
You can find further information and examples in
How to Use Text Fields,
a section in The Java Tutorial.
JPasswordField is intended
to be source-compatible with java.awt.TextField
used with echoChar set. It is provided separately
to make it easier to safely change the UI for the
JTextField without affecting password entries.
NOTE:
By default, JPasswordField disables input methods; otherwise, input
characters could be visible while they were composed using input methods.
If an application needs the input methods support, please use the
inherited method, enableInputMethods(true).
Warning: Swing is not thread safe. For more information see Swing's Threading Policy.
Warning:
Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with
future Swing releases. The current serialization support is
appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running
the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage
of all JavaBeans™
has been added to the java.beans package.
Please see java.beans.XMLEncoder.
extends
@beaninfo
attribute: isContainer false
description: Allows the editing of a line of text but doesn't show the characters.