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/* * https://github.com/achatain/nopasswordauthentication * * Copyright (C) 2016 Antoine R. "achatain" (achatain [at] outlook [dot] com) * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package com.github.achatain.nopasswordauthentication.utils; import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils; public class ExtendedStringUtils { private static final String STARS = "****"; private ExtendedStringUtils() { } public static String obfuscate(String str) { return obfuscate(str, 4); } public static String obfuscate(String str, int visible) { String defaultStr = StringUtils.defaultString(str); if (defaultStr.length() > visible) return StringUtils.overlay(defaultStr, STARS, 0, defaultStr.length() - visible); return STARS; } }