[[java-rest-high-security-change-password]]
=== Change Password API

[[java-rest-high-security-change-password-execution]]
==== Execution

A user's password can be changed using the `security().changePassword()`
method:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/SecurityDocumentationIT.java[change-password-execute]
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[[java-rest-high-change-password-response]]
==== Response

The returned `EmptyResponse` does not contain any fields. The return of this
response indicates a successful request.

[[java-rest-high-x-pack-security-change-password-async]]
==== Asynchronous Execution

This request can be executed asynchronously:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/SecurityDocumentationIT.java[change-password-execute-async]
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<1> The `ChangePassword` request to execute and the `ActionListener` to use when
the execution completes.

The asynchronous method does not block and returns immediately. Once the request
has completed the `ActionListener` is called back using the `onResponse` method
if the execution successfully completed or using the `onFailure` method if
it failed.

A typical listener for a `EmptyResponse` looks like:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/SecurityDocumentationIT.java[change-password-execute-listener]
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<1> Called when the execution is successfully completed. The response is
provided as an argument.
<2> Called in case of failure. The raised exception is provided as an argument.