Method Summary
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boolean
Checks if the encoded password (from the user, from the database) and the plain password
(from the login screen) matches.
Decode the given encoded password.
Returns the encoded password string based on the implementation of this interface and by the given
plain password.
Method Details
encode
Returns the encoded password string based on the implementation of this interface and by the given
plain password. The uid can be used as additional salt (see SaltedMD5PasswordEncoder).
Parameters:
uid - mostly userID, mostly not used
plain - the plain password
Returns:
the encoded password
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check
Checks if the encoded password (from the user, from the database) and the plain password
(from the login screen) matches.
Parameters:
uid - mostly the user ID and mostly not used. For MD5 used as salt.
encoded - the encoded password
plain - the plain text password
Returns:
true if they match, false otherwise.
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decode
Decode the given encoded password. Throws exception if this is not possible.
Parameters:
encoded - the encoded password
Returns:
the decoded password
Throws:
EJBCannotDecodePasswordException - if the password cannot be decoded. (MD5 passwords cannot be decoded)
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