Java Converting: char[] array --> String

Question

How do you convert a character array to a String?
I have this code

Console c = System.console();
if (c == null) {
    System.err.println("No console.");
    System.exit(1);
}
char [] password = c.readPassword("Enter your password: ");

I need to convert that to a String so I can verify

if(stringPassword == "Password"){
    System.out.println("Valid");
}

Can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

Use the String(char[]) constructor.

char [] password = c.readPassword("Enter your password: ");
String stringPassword = new String(password);

And when you compare, don't use ==, use `.equals():

if(stringPassword.equals("Password")){