PasswordMatcher (Apache Shiro 1.7.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.shiro.authc.credential.PasswordMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

CredentialsMatcher
```
public class PasswordMatcher
extends Object
implements CredentialsMatcher
```
A CredentialsMatcher that employs best-practices comparisons for hashed text passwords.
This implementation delegates to an internal PasswordService to perform the actual password comparison. This class is essentially a bridge between the generic CredentialsMatcher interface and the more specific PasswordService component.

Since:

1.2

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PasswordMatcher()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`doCredentialsMatch(AuthenticationToken token, AuthenticationInfo info)`	Returns `true` if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, `false` otherwise.
`PasswordService`	`getPasswordService()`
`protected Object`	`getStoredPassword(AuthenticationInfo storedAccountInfo)`
`protected Object`	`getSubmittedPassword(AuthenticationToken token)`
`void`	`setPasswordService(PasswordService passwordService)`

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

- Constructor Detail
  - PasswordMatcher
```
public PasswordMatcher()
```
- Method Detail
  - doCredentialsMatch
```
public boolean doCredentialsMatch(AuthenticationToken token,
                                  AuthenticationInfo info)
```
    Description copied from interface: CredentialsMatcher
    
    Returns true if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, false otherwise.
    
    Specified by:
    
    doCredentialsMatch in interface CredentialsMatcher
    
    Parameters:
    
    token - the AuthenticationToken submitted during the authentication attempt
    
    info - the AuthenticationInfo stored in the system.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, false otherwise.
  - getSubmittedPassword
```
protected Object getSubmittedPassword(AuthenticationToken token)
```
  - getStoredPassword
```
protected Object getStoredPassword(AuthenticationInfo storedAccountInfo)
```
  - getPasswordService
```
public PasswordService getPasswordService()
```
  - setPasswordService
```
public void setPasswordService(PasswordService passwordService)
```