com.hazelcast.security

Interface SecretStrengthPolicy

public interface SecretStrengthPolicy

Specification of a secret strength policy validator.

Used to validate strength of secrets (passwords, keys, salts) in the configuration, and in case a weak one is identified it throws a WeakSecretException.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	validate(String label, CharSequence secret) Validate a secret.

Method Detail

validate

void validate(String label,
              CharSequence secret)
       throws WeakSecretException

Validate a secret.

Normal return is expected if the secret is secure as defined by the implementation of this spec. Exception thrown WeakSecretException otherwise.

Parameters:

label - the secret label, (eg. Group password) used to construct a human friendly message for the exception

secret - the actual secret value, the one to evaluate.

Throws:

WeakSecretException