me.gosimple.nbvcxz.resources

Class Generator

java.lang.Object

me.gosimple.nbvcxz.resources.Generator

public class Generator
extends Object

Password generation class

Author:

Adam Brusselback.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Generator.CharacterTypes Character types to use for password generation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Generator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	generatePassphrase(String delimiter, int words) Generates a passphrase from the eff_large standard dictionary with the requested word count.
static String	generatePassphrase(String delimiter, int words, Dictionary dictionary) Generates a passphrase from the supplied dictionary with the requested word count.
static String	generateRandomPassword(Generator.CharacterTypes characterTypes, int length) Generates a random password of the specified length with the specified characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Generator

public Generator()

Method Detail

generatePassphrase

public static String generatePassphrase(String delimiter,
                                        int words)

Generates a passphrase from the eff_large standard dictionary with the requested word count.

Parameters:

delimiter - delimiter to place between words

words - the count of words you want in your passphrase

Returns:

the passphrase

generatePassphrase

public static String generatePassphrase(String delimiter,
                                        int words,
                                        Dictionary dictionary)

Generates a passphrase from the supplied dictionary with the requested word count.

Parameters:

delimiter - delimiter to place between words

words - the count of words you want in your passphrase

dictionary - the dictionary to use for generating this passphrase

Returns:

the passphrase

generateRandomPassword

public static String generateRandomPassword(Generator.CharacterTypes characterTypes,
                                            int length)

Generates a random password of the specified length with the specified characters.

Parameters:

characterTypes - the types of characters to include in the password

length - the length of the password

Returns:

the password