Interface AuthFileHashInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthFileBCryptHash

public interface AuthFileHashInterface

This an interface for different hash algorithms using to protect users' password in the username/password file

Author:

tao

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	hash(String plain)	Generate the hash value for a specified plaint password
boolean	match(String plain, String hashed)	Check if the plain password matches the hashed password.

Method Details

match

boolean match(String plain,
 String hashed)
       throws Exception

Check if the plain password matches the hashed password. Return true if they match; false otherwise.

Parameters:

plain - the plain password

hashed - the hashed password

Returns:

true if they match

Throws:

Exception

hash

String hash(String plain)

Generate the hash value for a specified plaint password

Parameters:

plain - the plain password

Returns:

the hash value of the password