Package eu.webtoolkit.jwt.auth

Class MD5HashFunction

java.lang.Object

eu.webtoolkit.jwt.auth.HashFunction

eu.webtoolkit.jwt.auth.MD5HashFunction

public class MD5HashFunction
extends HashFunction

A cryptograhpic hash function implemented using MD5. This hash function is useful for creating token hashes, but should not be used for password hashes.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MD5HashFunction()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	compute(String msg, String salt)	Computes the hash of a message + salt.
String	getName()	Returns the name for this hash function.

Methods inherited from class eu.webtoolkit.jwt.auth.HashFunction

verify

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MD5HashFunction

public MD5HashFunction()

Method Details

compute

public String compute(String msg,
 String salt)

Description copied from class: HashFunction

Computes the hash of a message + salt.

The message is usually an ASCII or UTF-8 string.

The salt and the computed hash are encoded in printable characters. This is usually ASCII-encoded or could be Base64-encoded.

Specified by:

compute in class HashFunction

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name for this hash function. Returns "MD5".

Specified by:

getName in class HashFunction