org.jasypt.util.password
Interface PasswordEncryptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicPasswordEncryptor, ConfigurablePasswordEncryptor, RFC2307MD5PasswordEncryptor, RFC2307SHAPasswordEncryptor, RFC2307SMD5PasswordEncryptor, RFC2307SSHAPasswordEncryptor, StrongPasswordEncryptor

public interface PasswordEncryptor

Common interface for all util classes aimed at password encryption.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Daniel Fernández

Method Summary

boolean	checkPassword(java.lang.String plainPassword, java.lang.String encryptedPassword) Checks an unencrypted (plain) password against an encrypted one (a digest) to see if they match.
java.lang.String	encryptPassword(java.lang.String password) Encrypts (digests) a password.

Method Detail

encryptPassword

java.lang.String encryptPassword(java.lang.String password)

Encrypts (digests) a password.

Parameters:

password - the password to be encrypted.

Returns:

the resulting digest.

checkPassword

boolean checkPassword(java.lang.String plainPassword,
                      java.lang.String encryptedPassword)

Checks an unencrypted (plain) password against an encrypted one (a digest) to see if they match.

Parameters:

plainPassword - the plain password to check.

encryptedPassword - the digest against which to check the password.

Returns:

true if passwords match, false if not.