edu.vt.middleware.password
Class RegexRule

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Rule

Direct Known Subclasses:

RepeatCharacterRegexRule

public class RegexRule
extends Object
implements Rule

Rule for determining if a password matches a regular expression.

Version:

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

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

static String	ERROR_CODE Error code for regex validation failures.
protected Pattern	pattern Regex pattern.

Constructor Summary

RegexRule(String regex)
Creates a new regex rule.

Method Summary

protected Map<String,?>	createRuleResultDetailParameters(String match) Creates the parameter data for the rule result detail.
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 regex validation failures.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

pattern

protected final Pattern pattern

Regex pattern.

Constructor Detail

RegexRule

public RegexRule(String regex)

Creates a new regex rule.

Parameters:

regex - regular expression

Method Detail

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 match)

Creates the parameter data for the rule result detail.

Parameters:

match - matching regex

Returns:

map of parameter name to value

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

string representation