Package org.exoplatform.web.security.hash

Interface SaltedHashService

All Known Implementing Classes:

JCASaltedHashService, NoSaltedHashService

public interface SaltedHashService

Interface for creating salted hashes from plaintext passwords and for validating passwords against stored salted hashes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getSaltedHash(String password)	Computes a salted hash of given plaintext password suitable for storing in a database.
boolean	validate(String password, String saltedHash)	Checks whether given plaintext password corresponds to the given saltedHash.

Method Details

getSaltedHash

String getSaltedHash(String password)
              throws SaltedHashException

Computes a salted hash of given plaintext password suitable for storing in a database.

Throws:

SaltedHashException

validate

boolean validate(String password,
 String saltedHash)
          throws SaltedHashException

Checks whether given plaintext password corresponds to the given saltedHash.

Parameters:

password -

saltedHash -

Returns:

true if the given password matches the given saltedHash; false otherwise.

Throws:

SaltedHashException - if the saltedHash cannot be parsed or if the hashing algorithm is not available.