The task is used to encrypt a password value.

Attributes

The task supports Build Extensions Debugging Attributes, as well as, its own task specific attributes. Click on a link for more information on the common attributes.

The following table describes the task specific attributes for the task:

Task Specific Attributes
Attribute Description Required
password A plain-text password value to encrypt. Yes
property Name of the Ant property in which to return the encrypted value. Yes
verbose Specifies more message output. The default is false. No

Notes

Examples

Encrypt plain-text password value 

<target name="go" description="UtilityGetPassword">
  <xt:setpassword password="${pwd}" property="mypwd"/>
  <echo>${mypwd}</echo>
  
  <xt:getpassword password="${mypwd}" property="mypassword"/>
  <echo>${mypassword}</echo>
</target>

Example log: 

go:
[echo] 123ba8e1662f4594a493a9b69f347a42
[echo] EX0AMPLE