org.apache.jetspeed.security
Interface PasswordEncodingService

All Known Subinterfaces:

AlgorithmUpgradePasswordEncodingService

public interface PasswordEncodingService

PasswordEncodingService allows decoding of user passwords provided that a two-way encryption algoritmn is used.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Ate Douma

Method Summary

String	decode(String userName, String encodedPassword)
String	encode(String userName, String clearTextPassword)

Method Detail

encode

String encode(String userName,
              String clearTextPassword)
              throws SecurityException

Throws:

SecurityException

decode

String decode(String userName,
              String encodedPassword)
              throws SecurityException

Throws:

SecurityException