> > > >http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33354 > > > > > >To call getpass() we'd need a JNI implementation for every > platform that ant > >runs on. > > > > > Not necessarily so! > See here: > http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Security/pwordmask/ > > The problem is known at sun, and a fix pending, but not yet done. > The article provides a fix, that albeit clumsy, that is a.) backward > compatible b.) (mostly) portable. > > Because this might be interesting for more than one project: > how about > placing a class > for this into commons io?
I use that scenario in a java course, but there is a drawback: _sometimes_ it happens, that the erasure thread does not delete the first character. Thatīs ok for my course - but not for a tool like Ant. (imho) Jan
