>>The JOptionPane API is really starting to grow on me, but I think it
>>would be very useful to have an option to make the InputDialog use a
>>JPasswordField. I often want to type:
>>
>>password = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
>> "Please enter the password:", PASSWORD_FIELD);
>>
>>And have the echoChar set, and the safer cut/paste handling that comes
>>with JPasswordField.