SaltedDigest (appNG Parent 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SaltedDigestSha1
```
public interface SaltedDigest
```
Provides methods required to create a salted hash of a given secret. Different implementations may provide stronger or weaker algorithms as well as better or poorer performance.

Author:

Matthias Herlitzius

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDigest(String secret, String salt)`	Returns a salted hash of the submitted secret.
`String`	`getSalt()`	Generates a random salt.

- Method Detail
  - getDigest
```
String getDigest(String secret,
                 String salt)
```
    Returns a salted hash of the submitted secret.
    
    Parameters:
    
    secret - The cleartext secret.
    
    salt - The salt which should have been generated by the getSalt() method of the respective implementation.
    
    Returns:
    
    The salted hash (digest).
  - getSalt
```
String getSalt()
```
    Generates a random salt. Can be used together with the getDigest(String, String) method of the respective implementation.
    
    Returns:
    
    the random salt