01: /*
02: * Interface to verify passwords.
03: * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Stephen Ostermiller
04: * http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
05: *
06: * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
07: * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
08: * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
09: * (at your option) any later version.
10: *
11: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14: * GNU General Public License for more details.
15: *
16: * See COPYING.TXT for details.
17: */
18:
19: package com.Ostermiller.util;
20:
21: /**
22: * Interface to verify passwords.
23: *
24: * @author Stephen Ostermiller http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
25: * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
26: */
27: public interface PasswordVerifier {
28: /**
29: * Verify that this password is an ok password. If a password
30: * is not verified it is thrown out and a new password is tried.
31: * Always returning false from this method will cause an infinite
32: * loop.
33: *
34: * @param password an array of characters representing a password.
35: * @return true iff this password is ok.
36: *
37: * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
38: */
39: public boolean verify(char[] password);
40:
41: }
|