ml.alternet.security.impl

Class AbstractPasswordManager

java.lang.Object

ml.alternet.security.impl.AbstractPasswordManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

PasswordManager

Direct Known Subclasses:

StandardPasswordManager, StrongPasswordManager, WeakPasswordManager

public abstract class AbstractPasswordManager
extends Object
implements PasswordManager

Base implementation of a password manager.

Author:

Philippe Poulard

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractPasswordManager()

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractPasswordManager

public AbstractPasswordManager()

Method Detail

newPassword

public final Password newPassword(char[] password)

Description copied from interface: PasswordManager

Obfuscate the given password in a new Password instance.

Specified by:

newPassword in interface PasswordManager

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

newValidPassword

protected abstract Password newValidPassword(char[] password)

Obfuscate the given password in a new Password instance.

Parameters:

password - A non-empty password. It is useless to unset the chars, because this method is called from newPassword(char[]) that do it.

Returns:

A new password