# Filter Password Protected Files

This section describes how to filter password-protected non-container files with the Java API.

To filter password-protected files

- Use the `setSourcePassword(java.lang.String pwd)` method. For example:

      objFilter.setSourcePassword(pwd);

  where `pwd` is a null-terminated string of 255 characters or fewer.

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