evalpasswd.java

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package MainPackage;

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

/**
 *
 * @author benja
 */
public class evalpasswd {
       public String userpass;

public evalpasswd (String userpass) {
       this.userpass = userpass;
    }

public String getPass() {

       String passwd = userpass;
       String pattern = "(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[@#$%^&+=])(?=\\S+$).{8,}";
       //Equation to validate password must contain: at least one uppper case and at least one lower case letter, at least one special character, at least one digit
       String validstatus = String.valueOf(passwd.matches(pattern)); //Checks if password matches the equation

       return validstatus; //Returns whether or not the password entered is valid

} //End of method
} //End of class