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import java.io.*;
public class Main {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
String password = PasswordField.readPassword("Enter password:");
System.out.println("Password entered was:" + password);
}
}
class PasswordField {
public static String readPassword (String prompt) {
EraserThread et = new EraserThread(prompt);
Thread mask = new Thread(et);
mask.start();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String password = "";
try {
password = in.readLine();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
et.stopMasking();
return password;
}
}
class EraserThread implements Runnable {
private boolean stop;
public EraserThread(String prompt) {
System.out.print(prompt);
}
public void run () {
while (!stop){
System.out.print("\010*");
try {
Thread.currentThread().sleep(1);
} catch(InterruptedException ie) {
ie.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public void stopMasking() {
this.stop = true;
}
}
