com.unearthedjava.passwordPress
Class UnearthedPassword

java.lang.Object
  com.unearthedjava.passwordPress.UnearthedPassword

public class UnearthedPassword

extends java.lang.Object

Author:

Lary Bullock

UnearthedPassword can be integrated into other applications. Note: This will throw an exception if you do not follow the rules which match the program (only 1 type (between numeric, alphabetic, and alphanumeric), required length does not exceed maximum possible based on the options selected, etc.).

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	IS_ALPHA
static java.lang.String	IS_ALPHANUM
static java.lang.String	IS_NUMERIC

Constructor Summary

UnearthedPassword()
base constructor

UnearthedPassword(int passwordLength, boolean allowDups, boolean mixCase, java.lang.String type)
constructor for using class as a factory for other applications. uses the following parameters:

Method Summary

int	getMaxLength() calculate the max length that a password can be.
java.lang.String	getNewPassword() randomly builds a new password string for the user.
int	getPasswordLength()
boolean	isAllowDups()
boolean	isAlpha()
boolean	isAlphanum()
boolean	isMixCase()
boolean	isNumeric()
void	setAllowDups(boolean allowDups)
void	setAlpha(boolean isAlpha)
void	setAlphanum(boolean isAlphanum)
void	setMixCase(boolean mixCase)
void	setNumeric(boolean isNumeric)
void	setPasswordLength(int passwordLength)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

IS_NUMERIC

public static final java.lang.String IS_NUMERIC

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Constant Field Values

IS_ALPHA

public static final java.lang.String IS_ALPHA

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Constant Field Values

IS_ALPHANUM

public static final java.lang.String IS_ALPHANUM

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

UnearthedPassword

public UnearthedPassword()

base constructor

UnearthedPassword

public UnearthedPassword(int passwordLength,
                         boolean allowDups,
                         boolean mixCase,
                         java.lang.String type)
                  throws java.lang.Exception

constructor for using class as a factory for other applications. uses the following parameters:

int passwordLength

requested length of the password.

boolean allowDups

true allows characters to be repeated in the results

mixCase

if alpha or alphanumeric, allows mixing of letter case if true.

type

isNumeric - numeric only

isAlpha - alpha character passwords only.

isAplhanum - for passwords containing both numeric and character data

Example of use:

 try {
 	PasswordPress test = new UnearthedPassword(10, // length required
 			false, // allow duplicate characters
 			false, // mix letter case
 			PasswordPress.IS_ALPHANUM); // alphanumeric
 	String password = test.getNewPassword();
 	System.out.println(password);
 } catch (Exception e) {
 	System.out.println(e.getMessage());
 }
 

Method Detail

getMaxLength

public int getMaxLength()

calculate the max length that a password can be.

getNewPassword

public java.lang.String getNewPassword()

randomly builds a new password string for the user.

isAllowDups

public boolean isAllowDups()

Returns:

Returns the allowDups.

setAllowDups

public void setAllowDups(boolean allowDups)

Parameters:

allowDups - The allowDups to set.

isAlpha

public boolean isAlpha()

Returns:

Returns the isAlpha.

setAlpha

public void setAlpha(boolean isAlpha)

Parameters:

isAlpha - The isAlpha to set.

isAlphanum

public boolean isAlphanum()

Returns:

Returns the isAlphanum.

setAlphanum

public void setAlphanum(boolean isAlphanum)

Parameters:

isAlphanum - The isAlphanum to set.

isNumeric

public boolean isNumeric()

Returns:

Returns the isNumeric.

setNumeric

public void setNumeric(boolean isNumeric)

Parameters:

isNumeric - The isNumeric to set.

isMixCase

public boolean isMixCase()

Returns:

Returns the mixCase.

setMixCase

public void setMixCase(boolean mixCase)

Parameters:

mixCase - The mixCase to set.

getPasswordLength

public int getPasswordLength()

Returns:

Returns the passwordLength.

setPasswordLength

public void setPasswordLength(int passwordLength)

Parameters:

passwordLength - The passwordLength to set.