edu.vt.middleware.password
Class SequenceRule

java.lang.Object
  edu.vt.middleware.password.SequenceRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

Rule

public class SequenceRule
extends java.lang.Object
implements Rule

SequenceRule contains methods for determining if a password contains common keyboard sequences.

Version:

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

Author:

Middleware Services

Constructor Summary

SequenceRule()
This creates a new SequenceRule.

SequenceRule(boolean mb, boolean ic)
This will create a new SequenceRule with the supplied matchBackwards and ignoreCase settings.

Method Summary

boolean	isIgnoreCase() Get the value of the ignoreCase property.
boolean	isMatchBackwards() Get the value of the matchBackwards property.
void	setIgnoreCase(boolean b) This causes the verify method to ignore case when searching the for a sequence.
void	setMatchBackwards(boolean b) This causes the verify method to search the password for sequences spelled backwards as well as forwards.
java.lang.String	toString() This returns a string representation of this object.
RuleResult	validate(PasswordData passwordData) This returns whether or not the supplied password data meets the requirements of this rule.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SequenceRule

public SequenceRule()

This creates a new SequenceRule.

SequenceRule

public SequenceRule(boolean mb,
                    boolean ic)

This will create a new SequenceRule with the supplied matchBackwards and ignoreCase settings.

Parameters:

mb - boolean whether to match backwards

ic - boolean whether to ignore case

Method Detail

setIgnoreCase

public void setIgnoreCase(boolean b)

This causes the verify method to ignore case when searching the for a sequence.

Parameters:

b - boolean

isIgnoreCase

public boolean isIgnoreCase()

Get the value of the ignoreCase property.

Returns:

boolean

setMatchBackwards

public void setMatchBackwards(boolean b)

This causes the verify method to search the password for sequences spelled backwards as well as forwards.

Parameters:

b - boolean

isMatchBackwards

public boolean isMatchBackwards()

Get the value of the matchBackwards property.

Returns:

boolean

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

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

This returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

String