PasswordEncoder (pac4j core 5.2.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JBCryptPasswordEncoder, ShiroPasswordEncoder, SpringSecurityPasswordEncoder
```
public interface PasswordEncoder
```
Encode a password.

Since:

1.8.0

Author:

Jerome Leleu

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`encode(java.lang.String password)`	Encode a password.
`boolean`	`matches(java.lang.String plainPassword, java.lang.String encodedPassword)`	Validate if a plainPassword matches

- Method Detail
  - encode
```
java.lang.String encode(java.lang.String password)
```
    Encode a password.
    
    Parameters:
    
    password - the not encoded password
    
    Returns:
    
    the encoded password
  - matches
```
boolean matches(java.lang.String plainPassword,
                java.lang.String encodedPassword)
```
    Validate if a plainPassword matches
    
    Parameters:
    
    plainPassword - the not encoded password to check
    
    encodedPassword - the encoded password
    
    Returns:
    
    true if they match