ml.alternet.security

Interface PasswordManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPasswordManager, StandardPasswordManager, StrongPasswordManager, WeakPasswordManager

public interface PasswordManager

A concrete implementation should supply obfuscate Passwords according to the level of security expected. For using the configured implementation, use

 PasswordManager impl = DiscoveryService.lookupSingleton(PasswordManager.class);
 

or

 PasswordManager impl = PasswordManagerFactory.getDefaultPasswordManager()
 

which lead to the same default implementation. Several flavors of PasswordManager are already available in the factory.

Author:

Philippe Poulard

See Also:

PasswordManagerFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Password	newPassword(char[] password) Obfuscate the given password in a new Password instance.

Method Detail

newPassword

Password newPassword(char[] password)

Obfuscate the given password in a new Password instance.

Parameters:

password - The password to obfuscate ; may be null or empty ; that char array is cleared when returning

Returns:

The password

See Also:

EmptyPassword.SINGLETON