com.whitestein.lsps.common

Class PasswordUtil

java.lang.Object

com.whitestein.lsps.common.PasswordUtil

public class PasswordUtil
extends Object

Utility class for encrypting and verifying passwords.

Author:

rba

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PasswordUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	encryptPassword(String password, String salt) Encrypts the given password using SHA1 using the given salt.
static boolean	verifyPassword(String password, String passwordHash, String passwordSalt) Verifies if given password is correct and returns true if the password is correct, otherwise returns false.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PasswordUtil

public PasswordUtil()

Method Detail

verifyPassword

public static boolean verifyPassword(String password,
                                     String passwordHash,
                                     String passwordSalt)

Verifies if given password is correct and returns true if the password is correct, otherwise returns false.

Parameters:

password - The password to verify in its plain form. Cannot be null.

passwordHash - The password to verify against in its hashed (and salted) form. Cannot be null.

passwordSalt - The password salt. Cannot be null.

Returns:

true if the password is correct, otherwise it returns false.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any of the arguments is null

encryptPassword

public static String encryptPassword(String password,
                                     String salt)

Encrypts the given password using SHA1 using the given salt.

Parameters:

password - the password to encrypt

salt - the salt to be used

Returns:

the encrypted password

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any of the arguments is null