edu.vt.middleware.password
Class AbstractDictionaryRule

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Rule

Direct Known Subclasses:

DictionaryRule, DictionarySubstringRule

public abstract class AbstractDictionaryRule
extends Object
implements Rule

Provides common implementation for password dictionary rules.

Version:

$Revision: 1930 $ $Date: 2011-04-28 13:06:17 -0400 (Thu, 28 Apr 2011) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

protected edu.vt.middleware.dictionary.Dictionary	dictionary Dictionary of words.
static String	ERROR_CODE Error code for matching dictionary word.
static String	ERROR_CODE_REVERSED Error code for matching reversed dictionary word.
protected boolean	matchBackwards Whether to search for dictionary words backwards.

Constructor Summary

AbstractDictionaryRule()

Method Summary

protected Map<String,?>	createRuleResultDetailParameters(String word) Creates the parameter data for the rule result detail.
protected abstract String	doWordSearch(String text) Searches the dictionary with the supplied text.
edu.vt.middleware.dictionary.Dictionary	getDictionary() Returns the dictionary used to search for passwords.
boolean	isMatchBackwards() Returns true if the verify method will search the password for dictionary words spelled backwards as well as forwards.
void	setDictionary(edu.vt.middleware.dictionary.Dictionary dict) Sets the dictionary used to search for passwords.
void	setMatchBackwards(boolean b) This causes the verify method to search the password for dictionary words spelled backwards as well as forwards.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.
RuleResult	validate(PasswordData passwordData) Validates the supplied password data per the requirements of this rule.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ERROR_CODE

public static final String ERROR_CODE

Error code for matching dictionary word.

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Constant Field Values

ERROR_CODE_REVERSED

public static final String ERROR_CODE_REVERSED

Error code for matching reversed dictionary word.

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Constant Field Values

dictionary

protected edu.vt.middleware.dictionary.Dictionary dictionary

Dictionary of words.

matchBackwards

protected boolean matchBackwards

Whether to search for dictionary words backwards.

Constructor Detail

AbstractDictionaryRule

public AbstractDictionaryRule()

Method Detail

setDictionary

public void setDictionary(edu.vt.middleware.dictionary.Dictionary dict)

Sets the dictionary used to search for passwords.

Parameters:

dict - to use for searching

getDictionary

public edu.vt.middleware.dictionary.Dictionary getDictionary()

Returns the dictionary used to search for passwords.

Returns:

dictionary used for searching

setMatchBackwards

public void setMatchBackwards(boolean b)

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

Parameters:

b - whether to match dictionary words backwards

isMatchBackwards

public boolean isMatchBackwards()

Returns true if the verify method will search the password for dictionary words spelled backwards as well as forwards.

Returns:

whether to match dictionary words backwards

validate

public RuleResult validate(PasswordData passwordData)

Validates the supplied password data per the requirements of this rule.

Specified by:

validate in interface Rule

Parameters:

passwordData - to verify (not null).

Returns:

details on password verification

createRuleResultDetailParameters

protected Map<String,?> createRuleResultDetailParameters(String word)

Creates the parameter data for the rule result detail.

Parameters:

word - matching word

Returns:

map of parameter name to value

doWordSearch

protected abstract String doWordSearch(String text)

Searches the dictionary with the supplied text.

Parameters:

text - to search dictionary with

Returns:

matching word

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

string representation