toolbox.security.helper
Class MaskingHelper

java.lang.Object
  toolbox.security.helper.MaskingHelper

public class MaskingHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class to perform simple String masking.

This class can perform three types of masking operations:

• first: This mask type will mask the first N characters of the given intput string.
• last: This mask type will mask the last N characters of the given intput string.
• all: This mask type will mask the entire input string.

Constructor Summary

MaskingHelper()
Default constructor

Method Summary

java.lang.String	maskAll(java.lang.String input, java.lang.String maskChar) Mask the whole input string.
java.lang.String	maskFirst(java.lang.String input, java.lang.String maskChar, int count) Mask the first N characters of the given input string.
java.lang.String	maskLast(java.lang.String input, java.lang.String maskChar, int count) Mask the last N characters of the given input string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MaskingHelper

public MaskingHelper()

Default constructor

Method Detail

maskFirst

public java.lang.String maskFirst(java.lang.String input,
                                  java.lang.String maskChar,
                                  int count)

Mask the first N characters of the given input string.

Parameters:

input - String containing the data that must be masked.

maskChar - String containing the masking character.

count - An int indicating the character count.

Returns:

String containing the masked data.

maskLast

public java.lang.String maskLast(java.lang.String input,
                                 java.lang.String maskChar,
                                 int count)

Mask the last N characters of the given input string.

Parameters:

input - String containing the data that must be masked.

maskChar - String containing the masking character.

count - An int indicating the character count.

Returns:

String containing the masked data.

maskAll

public java.lang.String maskAll(java.lang.String input,
                                java.lang.String maskChar)

Mask the whole input string.

Parameters:

input - String containing the data that must be masked.

maskChar - String containing the masking character.

Returns:

String containing the masked data.