Uses of Interface
com.ibm.passwordrules.Rule

Packages that use Rule

Package	Description
com.ibm.passwordrules	Provides a framework and an application programming interface to generate and validate passwords.

Uses of Rule in com.ibm.passwordrules

Subinterfaces of Rule in com.ibm.passwordrules

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
interface	CompositeRule Represents a rule that is consisted of several rules.

Classes in com.ibm.passwordrules that implement Rule

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	BehavioralRule Abstract base class for Rule implementations that provide validation of password's behavior.
class	LexicalRule Abstract base class for Rule implementations that provide validation of password's lexical content.

Methods in com.ibm.passwordrules that return Rule

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Rule	IncompatibleRulesException.getRule1() Gets the first incompatible rule
Rule	IncompatibleRulesException.getRule2() Gets the Gets the second incompatible rule
Rule	InvalidPasswordOnCompRuleException.getRuleViolated()
Rule	InvalidPasswordException.getRuleViolated() Returns the rule that was violated to generate this exception.

Methods in com.ibm.passwordrules that return types with arguments of type Rule

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Collection<Rule>	CompositeRule.getRules() Returns all the rules within this CompositeRule
java.util.Collection<Rule>	InvalidPasswordOnCompRuleException.getRulesViolated() Returns the collection of rules withing the CompositeRule that the password does not comply to.

Methods in com.ibm.passwordrules with parameters of type Rule

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	Rule.cumulate(Rule rule) Cumulate the paramter values of rules of same type
boolean	BehavioralRule.join(Rule rule) Try to join the specified rule with this one.
boolean	Rule.join(Rule rule) Try to join the specified rule with this one.

Constructors in com.ibm.passwordrules with parameters of type Rule

Constructor and Description
IncompatibleRulesException(Rule rule1, Rule rule2) Exception that indicates that rule1 and rule2 are incompatible.
IncompatibleRulesException(Rule rule1, Rule rule2, java.lang.String reason) Exception that indicates that rule1 and rule2 are incompatible.
InvalidPasswordException(Rule ruleViolated) Construct an invalid password exception with the rule that was violated.
InvalidPasswordException(Rule ruleViolated, java.lang.String reason) Construct an invalid password exception with the rule that was violated and the reason for the violation.
InvalidPasswordException(Rule ruleViolated, java.lang.String reason, java.util.Collection<InvalidPasswordException> composingExceptions) Construct an invalid password exception with the rule that was violated and the reason for the violation.

Constructor parameters in com.ibm.passwordrules with type arguments of type Rule

Constructor and Description
InvalidPasswordOnCompRuleException(CompositeRule ruleViolated, java.util.Collection<Rule> rulesViolated) Construct an invalid password exception with the rule that was violated.
InvalidPasswordOnCompRuleException(CompositeRule ruleViolated, java.util.Collection<Rule> rulesViolated, java.lang.String reason) Construct an invalid password exception with the rule that was violated and the reason for the violation.