PasswordEncryptor (Common Utilities 2.0.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.linkare.commons.utils.PasswordEncryptor

```
public final class PasswordEncryptor
extends Object
```
Generic class to encrypt a password according to the MED5 algorithm. It has utility classes to check a given (unencrypted) password with another (encrypted) password that may be used as a helper method in an authentication procedure.

Since:

0.0.1

Author:

Paulo Zenida - Linkare TI

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private static int PASSWORD_RADIX

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

private PasswordEncryptor()
Hiding constructor so that this utility class cannot be instantiated from outside.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static boolean`	`areEquals(String encryptedPassword, String notEncryptedPassword)`
`static String`	`encryptPassword(String password)`
`private static MessageDigest`	`getMessageDigest()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - PASSWORD_RADIX
```
private static final int PASSWORD_RADIX
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - PasswordEncryptor
```
private PasswordEncryptor()
```
    Hiding constructor so that this utility class cannot be instantiated from outside.
- Method Detail
  - encryptPassword
```
public static String encryptPassword(String password)
```
    Parameters:
    
    password - the password to be encrypted.
    
    Returns:
    
    the encrypted password according to the MD5 algorithm.
  - areEquals
```
public static boolean areEquals(String encryptedPassword,
                                String notEncryptedPassword)
```
    Parameters:
    
    encryptedPassword - the encrypted password to be compared.
    
    notEncryptedPassword - the non encrypted password to be compared.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the non encrypted password, after being encrypted, is the equal to the encrypted password. Returns false otherwise.
  - getMessageDigest
```
private static MessageDigest getMessageDigest()
```
    Returns:
    
    the MD5 digest algorithm.