javax.swing.plaf.basic

## Class BasicPasswordFieldUI

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI
  - - javax.swing.plaf.TextUI
    - - javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI
      - - javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextFieldUI
        - - javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicPasswordFieldUI

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    ViewFactory

      public class BasicPasswordFieldUI
      extends BasicTextFieldUI

  Provides the Windows look and feel for a password field. The only difference from the standard text field is that the view of the text is simply a string of the echo character as specified in JPasswordField, rather than the real text contained in the field.

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI

      `BasicTextUI.BasicCaret, BasicTextUI.BasicHighlighter`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `BasicPasswordFieldUI()` |

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `View` | `create(Element elem)` | Creates a view (PasswordView) for an element.
    `static ComponentUI` | `createUI(JComponent c)` | Creates a UI for a JPasswordField.
    `protected String` | `getPropertyPrefix()` | Fetches the name used as a key to look up properties through the UIManager.
    `protected void` | `installDefaults()` | Installs the necessary properties on the JPasswordField.

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextFieldUI

      `getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior`

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI

      `create, createCaret, createHighlighter, createKeymap, damageRange, damageRange, getComponent, getEditorKit, getKeymapName, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getNextVisualPositionFrom, getPreferredSize, getRootView, getToolTipText, getVisibleEditorRect, installKeyboardActions, installListeners, installUI, modelChanged, modelToView, modelToView, paint, paintBackground, paintSafely, propertyChange, setView, uninstallDefaults, uninstallKeyboardActions, uninstallListeners, uninstallUI, update, viewToModel, viewToModel`

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI

      `contains, getAccessibleChild, getAccessibleChildrenCount`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### BasicPasswordFieldUI

          public BasicPasswordFieldUI()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### createUI

          public static ComponentUI createUI(JComponent c)

      Creates a UI for a JPasswordField.
      Parameters:
        `c` - the JPasswordField
      Returns:
        the UI

    - #### getPropertyPrefix

          protected String getPropertyPrefix()

      Fetches the name used as a key to look up properties through the UIManager. This is used as a prefix to all the standard text properties.
      Overrides:
        `getPropertyPrefix` in class `BasicTextFieldUI`
      Returns:
        the name ("PasswordField")

    - #### installDefaults

          protected void installDefaults()

      Installs the necessary properties on the JPasswordField.
      Overrides:
        `installDefaults` in class `BasicTextUI`
      Since:
        1.6
      See Also:
        `BasicTextUI.uninstallDefaults()`, `BasicTextUI.installUI(javax.swing.JComponent)`

    - #### create

          public View create(Element elem)

      Creates a view (PasswordView) for an element.
      Specified by:
        `create` in interface `ViewFactory`
      Overrides:
        `create` in class `BasicTextFieldUI`
      Parameters:
        `elem` - the element
      Returns:
        the view
      See Also:
        `View`

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