[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-22500) Connection: Keep password and token values as char[] instead of String

[Viacheslav Kabanovich (JIRA)]

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Viacheslav Kabanovich commented on JBIDE-22500:
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When token/password is set to Text widget an instance of String will be created anyway.

> Connection: Keep password and token values as char[] instead of String
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>                 Key: JBIDE-22500
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-22500
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: openshift
>    Affects Versions: 4.4.0.Alpha2
>            Reporter: Xavier Coulon
>              Labels: connection, openshift_v3
>             Fix For: 4.4.x
>
>
> The passwords and tokens should be kept as {{char[]}} instead of {{String}} to avoid pooling the values in the JVM.
> I'm not sure how this impacts the wizard pages which rely on Databinding.



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