Hi everyone,

                         I really need some advice and guidance on the
following code

import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;

public class PopupAuthenticator
   extends Authenticator {

 public PasswordAuthentication
     getPasswordAuthentication() {
   String username, password;

   String result = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
     "Enter 'username,password'");

   StringTokenizer st =
     new StringTokenizer(result, ",");
   username = st.nextToken();
   password = st.nextToken();

   return new PasswordAuthentication(
     username, password);
 }
}

             As you guys see above there is JOptionPane that requests
both the username and password to access a http website, but i have a
dilemma about someting about the method getPasswordAuthentication()
that i am supposed to overide.

          The thing is i am afraid the getPasswordAuthentication()
method may actually return the value of the of  both the username and
password before the user has even had the chance to type in the correct
username and password.

           As you guys can see that the gui that i set gets the value
of the input optionpane and i was hoping that that the function returns
after the user had pressed "OK" but the thing is i suspect that the
function may be returning as soon as the option pane is shown thus
causing both the values of the username and password to be null.

           Am i using the Authenticator class with gui the correct way
or am i missing something??

          I really hope someone can explain to me in detail on how
this Authenticator class works and maybe help suggest a possible
solution that can help me out of my dillema.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thank You

Yours Sincerely

Richard West