edu.vt.middleware.password
Class SourceRule

java.lang.Object
  edu.vt.middleware.password.AbstractDigester
      edu.vt.middleware.password.SourceRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

Rule

public class SourceRule
extends AbstractDigester
implements Rule

SourceRule contains methods for determining if a password matches a password from a different source. Useful for when separate systems cannot have matching passwords. If no sources have been set or an empty source has been set, then passwords will meet this rule.

Version:

$Revision: 1841 $ $Date: 2011-02-25 14:05:47 -0500 (Fri, 25 Feb 2011) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class edu.vt.middleware.password.AbstractDigester

converter, digest

Constructor Summary

SourceRule()

Method Summary

RuleResult

validate(PasswordData passwordData) This returns whether or not the supplied password data meets the requirements of this rule.

Methods inherited from class edu.vt.middleware.password.AbstractDigester

setDigest

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SourceRule

public SourceRule()

Method Detail

validate

public RuleResult validate(PasswordData passwordData)

This returns whether or not the supplied password data meets the requirements of this rule.

Specified by:

validate in interface Rule

Parameters:

passwordData - PasswordData to verify (not null).

Returns:

RuleResult - details on password verification