edu.vt.middleware.password
Class HistoryRule

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Rule

public class HistoryRule
extends AbstractDigester
implements Rule

HistoryRule contains methods for determining if a password matches one of any previous password a user has chosen. If no password history has been set or an empty history has been set, then passwords will meet this rule.

Version:

$Revision: 1724 $ $Date: 2010-10-29 13:47:59 -0400 (Fri, 29 Oct 2010) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

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

converter, digest

Constructor Summary

HistoryRule()

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

HistoryRule

public HistoryRule()

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