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 *  EJBCA: The OpenSource Certificate Authority                          *
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package org.ejbca.util.passgen;

/**
 * IPasswordGenerator is an interface used to generate passwords used by end entities in EJBCA
 *
 * @version $Id: IPasswordGenerator.java 5939 2008-08-04 11:23:30Z jeklund $
 */
public interface IPasswordGenerator {
    
    /**
     *  Method generating a new password for the user and returns a string representation of it.
     * 
     * @param minlength indicates the minimun length of the generated password.
     * @param maxlength indicates the maximum length of the generated password.
     * @return the generated password
     */
    
    public abstract String getNewPassword(int minlength, int maxlength);

	public abstract String getName();
   
}