org.mmbase.util
Interface PasswordGeneratorInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

PasswordGenerator

public interface PasswordGeneratorInterface

Interface for the automatic generation of passwords.
The passwords generated by classes implementing this interface are based on a template. A template can exists of a number of characters, which are replaced by the generator. The meaning of the characters in a template is left to the implementing class.

Version:

$Id: PasswordGeneratorInterface.java,v 1.5 2003/03/10 11:51:09 pierre Exp $

Author:

Rico Jansen, Pierre van Rooden (javadocs)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getPassword() Generate a password, based on a default template.
java.lang.String	getPassword(java.lang.String template) Generate a password, based on the given template.

Method Detail

getPassword

public java.lang.String getPassword()

Generate a password, based on a default template.

Returns:

the generated password.

getPassword

public java.lang.String getPassword(java.lang.String template)

Generate a password, based on the given template.

Parameters:

template - the template the password should be based on.

Returns:

the generated password.