com.ibm.openpages.api.security

Interface IPasswordPolicy

public interface IPasswordPolicy

Interface for OpenPages password policy information.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getMaxLength() Returns the maximum length for a password.
int	getMinLength() Returns the minimum length for a valid password.The default value is 6.
boolean	isValidPassword(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password) Validates a password based on the password policy for the specified user.
boolean	strongPasswordEnforced() If strong password policy is enforced, each password will be required to contain at least one character from each group configured by admin.

Method Detail

isValidPassword

boolean isValidPassword(java.lang.String userName,
                        java.lang.String password)

Validates a password based on the password policy for the specified user. Validates that the password length is less than the maximum and greater than the minimum length allowed by the platform. Validates that the password does not contains spaces. If strong password policy is enforced, it validates that strong password policy criteria is met.

Parameters:

userName - (required) the userName for a specific user

password - (required) the password for userName

Returns:

true if the specified credentials are valid; otherwise, returns false

strongPasswordEnforced

boolean strongPasswordEnforced()

If strong password policy is enforced, each password will be required to contain at least one character from each group configured by admin. Strong passwords include letters, numbers, and symbols.

Returns:

true if strong password policy is enforced, otherwise false.

getMaxLength

int getMaxLength()

Returns the maximum length for a password. The default value is 32.

Returns:

an integer representing the maximum allowable length for a password

getMinLength

int getMinLength()

Returns the minimum length for a valid password.The default value is 6.

Returns:

an integer representing the minimum allowable length for a password