/*
* This file is part of LibrePlan
*
* Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
* Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
* Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Igalia, S.L.
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
*
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*/
package org.libreplan.web.users.services;
/**
* Service for encoding passwords when information about users is stored in the database.
* In particular, it must be used to encode a password when creating a user and to change a user's password.
* <b/>
* When information about users is maintained externally (e.g. in a LDAP server), this service is not used,
* since the Web application is not in charge of creating users or changing passwords.
*
* @author Fernando Bellas Permuy <fbellas@udc.es>
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface IDBPasswordEncoderService {
/**
* Encodes a clear password. The second parameter (which must be the username) may be used as a salt.
*/
String encodePassword(String clearPassword, String loginName);
}