org.mmbase.util
Interface PasswordGeneratorInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

PasswordGenerator

Deprecated. no real need for an interface as there is only one implementation

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 1.6 2004/09/30 14:07:11 pierre Exp $

Author:

Rico Jansen, Pierre van Rooden (javadocs)

Class for Application :

SCAN (users)

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getPassword

public String getPassword()

Deprecated.

Generate a password, based on a default template.

Returns:

the generated password.

getPassword

public String getPassword(String template)

Deprecated.

Generate a password, based on the given template.

Parameters:

template - the template the password should be based on.

Returns:

the generated password.