Package org.apache.wiki.auth

Class PasswordComplexityVerifier

java.lang.Object

org.apache.wiki.auth.PasswordComplexityVerifier

public final class PasswordComplexityVerifier
extends Object

a simple password complexity checker

Since:

3.0.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<String>	validate(String pwd, String previousPwd, org.apache.wiki.api.core.Context context)	validates a password, returns a list of size 0 is all the checks pass.list of size > 0 = password is invalid with each item in the list containing the rule that failed.suitable to direct display to the user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

validate

public static List<String> validate(String pwd,
 String previousPwd,
 org.apache.wiki.api.core.Context context)

validates a password, returns a list of size 0 is all the checks pass.list of size > 0 = password is invalid with each item in the list containing the rule that failed.suitable to direct display to the user. i.e. the password was too short, or has too many repeating characters, etc.

Parameters:

pwd -

context -

Returns:

see above