Interface ClearPassword

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Destroyable, Key, Password, Serializable, TwoWayPassword

public interface ClearPassword
extends TwoWayPassword

A simple clear-text password.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	ALGORITHM_CLEAR	The algorithm name.

Fields inherited from interface Key

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClearPassword	clone()	Creates and returns a copy of this Password.
static ClearPassword	createRaw(String algorithm, char[] password)	Create a raw implementation of this password type.
char[]	getPassword()	Get the password characters.

Methods inherited from interface Destroyable

destroy, isDestroyed

Methods inherited from interface Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Methods inherited from interface Password

castAndApply, castAndApply, castAs, castAs, getParameterSpec, impliesParameters

Field Details

ALGORITHM_CLEAR

static final String ALGORITHM_CLEAR

The algorithm name.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

getPassword

char[] getPassword()
            throws IllegalStateException

Get the password characters.

Returns:

the password characters

Throws:

IllegalStateException

clone

ClearPassword clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this Password.

Specified by:

clone in interface Password

Specified by:

clone in interface TwoWayPassword

Returns:

a copy of this Password.

createRaw

static ClearPassword createRaw(String algorithm,
 char[] password)

Create a raw implementation of this password type. No validation of the content is performed, and the password must be "adopted" in to a PasswordFactory (via the PasswordFactory.translate(Password) method) before it can be validated and used to verify guesses.

Parameters:

algorithm - the algorithm name

password - the password characters

Returns:

the raw password implementation