Package eTextReader.authentication

This package provides a mechanism for the eTextReader application to support a variety of authentication mechanisms.

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Description

Interface Summary

Authenticator	A set of methods that can be used to authenticate a user given an identity and some "secret& to verify that identity.
PasswordPolicy	This interface defines a set of methods used to determine whether or not a given password is valid

Class Summary

CompoundPolicy	This class provides a mechanism by which two or more other PasswordPolicy implementations can be combined using a Boolean AND operation.
MinimumLengthPolicy	This class implements a password policy that requires a minimum length password to be supplied.

Enum Summary

Authenticator.AUTHENTICATION_RESULT

This enum provides the set of possible return values for the authenticate and updateSecret methods.

Package eTextReader.authentication Description

This package provides a mechanism for the eTextReader application to support a variety of authentication mechanisms. There are two main interfaces that are the basic building blocks for providing an authentication mechanism:

• PasswordPolicy: defines a set of methods that enforce a set of rules for valid passwords
• Authenticator: defines the methods need to verify that a given identity/secret combination (such as user name and password) is correct

A few implementations of PasswordPolicy are included, such as MinimumLengthPolicy, IncludesCharacterClass, and CompoundPolicy.