JOptionPane to get password

Question

JOptionPane can be used to get string inputs from user, but in my case, I want to display a password field in showInputDialog.

The way I ne

Answer 1

A Kotlin solution based on Adamski's answer.

This time without buttons that takes focus, just enter password and press Enter, or Escape to discard input:

class PasswordPanel : JPanel(FlowLayout()) {

    private val passwordField = JPasswordField(20)
    private var entered = false

    val enteredPassword
        get() = if (entered) String(passwordField.password) else ""

    init {
        add(JLabel("Password: "))
        add(passwordField)
        passwordField.setActionCommand("OK")
        passwordField.addActionListener {
            if (it.actionCommand == "OK") {
                entered = true

                // https://stackoverflow.com/a/51356151/1020871
                SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(it.source as JComponent)
                    .dispose()
            }
        }
    }

    private fun request(passwordIdentifier: String) = apply {
        JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(null, this@PasswordPanel,
            "Enter $passwordIdentifier",
            JOptionPane.DEFAULT_OPTION,
            JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE,
            null, emptyArray(), null)
    }

    companion object {

        fun requestPassword(passwordIdentifier: String) = PasswordPanel()
            .request(passwordIdentifier)
            .enteredPassword
    }
}

Usage: PasswordPanel.requestPassword(passwordIdentifier)