How To Accept Password From Console in Java

Finally you can easily accept password from console in Java, without echoing them.
This long unmet need has been addressed in JDK 1.6 codeline.

A new class - java.io.Console has been defined to handle console I/O.
To accept password from console in JDK 6.0 (aka JDK 1.6) use either:
public char[] readPassword()
or
public char[] readPassword(String fmt, Object… args)

Sample code:
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