HashingPasswordService.java

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package org.apache.shiro.authc.credential;

import org.apache.shiro.crypto.hash.Hash;
import org.apache.shiro.util.ByteSource;

/**
 * A {@code HashingPasswordService} is a {@link PasswordService} that performs password encryption and comparisons
 * based on cryptographic {@link Hash}es.
 *
 * @since 1.2
 */
public interface HashingPasswordService extends PasswordService {

    /**
     * Hashes the specified plaintext password using internal hashing configuration settings pertinent to password
     * hashing.
     * <p/>
     * Note
     * that this method is only likely to be used in more complex environments that wish to format and/or save the
     * returned {@code Hash} object in a custom manner.  Most applications will find the
     * {@link #encryptPassword(Object) encryptPassword} method suitable enough for safety
     * and ease-of-use.
     * <h3>Usage</h3>
     * The input argument type can be any 'byte backed' {@code Object} - almost always either a
     * String or character array representing passwords (character arrays are often a safer way to represent passwords
     * as they can be cleared/nulled-out after use.  Any argument type supported by
     * {@link ByteSource.Util#isCompatible(Object)} is valid.
     * <p/>
     * Regardless of your choice of using Strings or character arrays to represent submitted passwords, you can wrap
     * either as a {@code ByteSource} by using {@link ByteSource.Util}, for example, when the passwords are captured as
     * Strings:
     * <pre>
     * ByteSource passwordBytes = ByteSource.Util.bytes(submittedPasswordString);
     * Hash hashedPassword = hashingPasswordService.hashPassword(passwordBytes);
     * </pre>
     * or, identically, when captured as a character array:
     * <pre>
     * ByteSource passwordBytes = ByteSource.Util.bytes(submittedPasswordCharacterArray);
     * Hash hashedPassword = hashingPasswordService.hashPassword(passwordBytes);
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param plaintext the raw password as 'byte-backed' object (String, character array, {@link ByteSource},
     *                  etc) usually acquired from your application's 'new user' or 'password reset' workflow.
     * @return the hashed password.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the argument cannot be easily converted to bytes as defined by
     *                                  {@link ByteSource.Util#isCompatible(Object)}.
     * @see ByteSource.Util#isCompatible(Object)
     * @see #encryptPassword(Object)
     */
    Hash hashPassword(Object plaintext) throws IllegalArgumentException;

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if the {@code submittedPlaintext} password matches the existing {@code savedPasswordHash},
     * {@code false} otherwise.  Note that this method is only likely to be used in more complex environments that
     * save hashes in a custom manner.  Most applications will find the
     * {@link #passwordsMatch(Object, String) passwordsMatch(plaintext,string)} method
     * sufficient if {@link #encryptPassword(Object) encrypting passwords as Strings}.
     * <h3>Usage</h3>
     * The {@code submittedPlaintext} argument type can be any 'byte backed' {@code Object} - almost always either a
     * String or character array representing passwords (character arrays are often a safer way to represent passwords
     * as they can be cleared/nulled-out after use.  Any argument type supported by
     * {@link ByteSource.Util#isCompatible(Object)} is valid.
     *
     * @param plaintext a raw/plaintext password submitted by an end user/Subject.
     * @param savedPasswordHash  the previously hashed password known to be associated with an account.
     *                           This value is expected to have been previously generated from the
     *                           {@link #hashPassword(Object) hashPassword} method (typically
     *                           when the account is created or the account's password is reset).
     * @return {@code true} if the {@code plaintext} password matches the existing {@code savedPasswordHash},
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     */
    boolean passwordsMatch(Object plaintext, Hash savedPasswordHash);
}