RFR: 8354469: Keytool exposes the password in plain text when command is piped using | grep [v3]

[Francesco Andreuzzi]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:33:05 GMT, Weijun Wang <weijun at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Allow password hiding even if there is no `System.console`. A manual test is included.
>
> Weijun Wang has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains three commits:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8354469
>  - decouple PassFailJFrame.java change; simplify code flow
>  - the fix

src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/util/Password.java line 167:

> 165:             if (c1 != null) {
> 166:                 return c1.readPassword();
> 167:             } else {

The `else` clause is not needed, you could save an indentation level

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27196#discussion_r2337724730