org.figure8.join.services.security
Interface PasswordEncoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

CryptPasswordEncoder, MD5PasswordEncoder, SimplePasswordEncoder

public interface PasswordEncoder

This interface allows Join system deployer to provide their own password encoding and validation methods for the Join application.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Laurent Broudoux

Method Summary

java.lang.String	encodePassword(java.lang.String userId, java.lang.String clearPassword, java.lang.Object[] arguments) A hook that allows implementation to provide custom password encoding method using a set of arguments.
boolean	validatePassword(java.lang.String userId, java.lang.String inputPassword, java.lang.String expectedPassword) A hook that allows implementation to change the validation of the input password against the expected password.

Method Detail

encodePassword

java.lang.String encodePassword(java.lang.String userId,
                                java.lang.String clearPassword,
                                java.lang.Object[] arguments)

A hook that allows implementation to provide custom password encoding method using a set of arguments.

Parameters:

userId - The user identifier

clearPassword - The non encoded password of the user

arguments - Arguments for encoding process

Returns:

the encoded password.

validatePassword

boolean validatePassword(java.lang.String userId,
                         java.lang.String inputPassword,
                         java.lang.String expectedPassword)

A hook that allows implementation to change the validation of the input password against the expected password.

Parameters:

userId - The user identifier

inputPassword - The password provided by the user

expectedPassword - The real user's pasword

Returns:

true if the inputPassword is valid, false otherwise.