PasswordVerifier.java Source Code

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    /*
     * Interface to verify passwords.
     * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Stephen Ostermiller
     * http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
     *
     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
     * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
     * (at your option) any later version.
     *
     * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     * GNU General Public License for more details.
     *
     * See LICENSE.txt for details.
     */
    
    package com.Ostermiller.util;
    
    /**
     * Interface to verify passwords.
     *
     * @author Stephen Ostermiller http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
     * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
     */
    public interface PasswordVerifier {
    	/**
    	 * Verify that this password is an OK password.  If a password
    	 * is not verified it is thrown out and a new password is tried.
    	 * Always returning false from this method will cause an infinite
    	 * loop.
    	 *
    	 * @param password an array of characters representing a password.
    	 * @return true iff this password is OK.
    	 *
    	 * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
    	 */
    	public boolean verify(char[] password);
    
    }