Re: [xPG] cryptix-openpgp and OptionsTable()

[Ruben M. <ru...@un...>]

hi,


>I would recommend implementing a special text-input component that
>writes its input into a dynamically allocated char array.  KeyStore
>expects its input as a char-Array and the array can be overwritten
>with 0 after usage.  You can do that by hooking into the Keyboard
>event processing, check out JTextComponent.

problem is: if i use JTextArea (or JTextComponent) - i could override 
processKeyEvent() - i would still have to display it somehow. if i used 
setText() for that and have the Component display the text, i'd have to 
instantiate a String to use as parameter, plus i couldn't be sure how it is 
handled internally.

so, basically, i'd have to extend Canvas or something, keep a char[] 
internally and draw the letters myself (one by one). but i'd still have the 
single letters as Strings (which shouldn't be that much of a problem).

>Another issue is about the method naming.  I would recommend following
>the Java Beans naming guidelines as that will make the component
>easier to use in GUI builders.  For example, instead of "hideTyping"
>and "checkHideTyping" you would provide "setHideTyping(boolean)" and
>"isHideTyping" (or maybe correct the grammar ;-) Check out the
>JavaBeans introduction (can be found in the JDK documentation) for
>more information.

those are private, dammit :) but i've changed them, anyway.

.rm