com.atlassian.crowd.util
Interface PasswordHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:

PasswordHelperImpl

public interface PasswordHelper

Method Summary

String	generateRandomPassword()
boolean	validateRegex(String regex, PasswordCredential credential) Validates a credential against a particular regular expression.

Method Detail

validateRegex

boolean validateRegex(String regex,
                      PasswordCredential credential)

Validates a credential against a particular regular expression.

Parameters:

regex - regular expression.

credential - password credential.

Returns:

true iff the credential matches the regexp.

generateRandomPassword

String generateRandomPassword()

Returns:

password consisting of a random permutation of letters and numbers, based on the output of a cryptographically secure PRNG.