com.databasesandlife.util

Class CleartextPassword

java.lang.Object

com.databasesandlife.util.CleartextPassword

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class CleartextPassword
extends Object
implements Serializable

Wraps a string containing a cleartext password. The purpose of this class is to increase type-safety over using a plain string.

Author:

This source is copyright Adrian Smith and licensed under the LGPL 3.

See Also:

Project on GitHub, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
String	cleartext

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CleartextPassword(String c)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
String	getCleartext()
int	hashCode()
static CleartextPassword	newRandom() Generates a new password of a reasonable length; see newRandom(int)
static CleartextPassword	newRandom(int length) Generates a random password.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

cleartext

@Nonnull
public final String cleartext

Constructor Detail

CleartextPassword

public CleartextPassword(@Nonnull
                         String c)

Method Detail

getCleartext

@Nonnull
public String getCleartext()

newRandom

@Nonnull
public static CleartextPassword newRandom(int length)

Generates a random password.

A-Z, a-z, 0-9 characters are used, with the exception confusing characters such as uppercase O and digit 0 are not used.

The objective is that:

• the passwords can be written down (thus confusing characters are removed)
• and also that the password can be used in situations where special encoding is needed for example GET requests (thus there are no special characters.)

Make up for "lack of randomness" by making the password longer.

newRandom

@Nonnull
public static CleartextPassword newRandom()

Generates a new password of a reasonable length; see newRandom(int)

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object