org.apache.shiro.authc.credential
Class PasswordMatcher

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.shiro.authc.credential.PasswordMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

CredentialsMatcher

public class PasswordMatcher
extends Object
implements CredentialsMatcher

A CredentialsMatcher that employs best-practices comparisons for hashed text passwords.

This implementation delegates to an internal PasswordService to perform the actual password comparison. This class is essentially a bridge between the generic CredentialsMatcher interface and the more specific PasswordService component.

Since:

1.2

Constructor Summary

PasswordMatcher()

Method Summary

boolean	doCredentialsMatch(AuthenticationToken token, AuthenticationInfo info) Returns true if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, false otherwise.
PasswordService	getPasswordService()
protected Object	getStoredPassword(AuthenticationInfo storedAccountInfo)
protected Object	getSubmittedPassword(AuthenticationToken token)
void	setPasswordService(PasswordService passwordService)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PasswordMatcher

public PasswordMatcher()

Method Detail

doCredentialsMatch

public boolean doCredentialsMatch(AuthenticationToken token,
                                  AuthenticationInfo info)

Description copied from interface: CredentialsMatcher

Returns true if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, false otherwise.

Specified by:

doCredentialsMatch in interface CredentialsMatcher

Parameters:

token - the AuthenticationToken submitted during the authentication attempt

info - the AuthenticationInfo stored in the system.

Returns:

true if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, false otherwise.

getSubmittedPassword

protected Object getSubmittedPassword(AuthenticationToken token)

getStoredPassword

protected Object getStoredPassword(AuthenticationInfo storedAccountInfo)

getPasswordService

public PasswordService getPasswordService()

setPasswordService

public void setPasswordService(PasswordService passwordService)