Package org.passay

Class PasswordUtils

java.lang.Object

org.passay.PasswordUtils

public final class PasswordUtils
extends Object

Provides utility methods for this package.

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static char[]	concatArrays(char[] first, char[]... rest)	Concatenates multiple character arrays together.
static int	countMatchingCharacters(String characters, String input)	Returns the number of characters in the supplied input that existing from the supplied characters string.
static String	getMatchingCharacters(String characters, String input)	Returns all the characters in the input string that are also in the characters array.
static String	getMatchingCharacters(String characters, String input, int maximumLength)	Returns all the characters in the input string that are also in the characters string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getMatchingCharacters

public static String getMatchingCharacters(String characters,
                                           String input)

Returns all the characters in the input string that are also in the characters array.

Parameters:

characters - that contains characters to match

input - to search for matches

Returns:

matching characters or empty string

getMatchingCharacters

public static String getMatchingCharacters(String characters,
                                           String input,
                                           int maximumLength)

Returns all the characters in the input string that are also in the characters string.

Parameters:

characters - that contains characters to match

input - to search for matches

maximumLength - maximum length of matching characters

Returns:

matching characters or empty string

countMatchingCharacters

public static int countMatchingCharacters(String characters,
                                          String input)

Returns the number of characters in the supplied input that existing from the supplied characters string.

Parameters:

characters - that contains characters to match

input - to search for matches

Returns:

character count

concatArrays

public static char[] concatArrays(char[] first,
                                  char[]... rest)

Concatenates multiple character arrays together.

Parameters:

first - array to concatenate. Cannot be null.

rest - of the arrays to concatenate. May be null.

Returns:

array containing the concatenation of all parameters