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package org.jasypt.encryption.pbe.config;



/**
 * 
 *  Common interface for all PBEConfig implementations that store passwords as char[] instead
 *  of String and also allow this passwords to be set as char[] instead of Strings.
 * 
 * 
 * @since 1.8
 * 
 * @author Daniel Fernández
 * 
 */
public interface PBECleanablePasswordConfig {

    
    /**
     * 
     * Return the password set, as a char array.
     * 
     * 
     * Important: the returned array MUST BE A COPY of the one
     * stored in the configuration object. The caller of
     * this method is therefore be responsible for cleaning this 
     * resulting char[].
     * 
     * 
     * @since 1.8
     * 
     */
    public char[] getPasswordCharArray();
    
    /**
     * 
     * Clean the password stored in this configuration object.
     * 
     * 
     * A common implementation of this cleaning operation consists of
     * iterating the array of chars and setting each of its positions to (char)0.
     * 
     * 
     * @since 1.8
     * 
     */
    public void cleanPassword();

    
}