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package com.sun.identity.password.plugins;

import com.sun.identity.idm.AMIdentity;
import com.sun.identity.password.ui.model.PWResetException;

/**
 * <code>PasswordGenerator</code> defines a set of methods
 * that are required to generate a new password for a user.
 */
public interface PasswordGenerator{   
    /**
     * Returns new password for user.
     *
     * @param user User object.
     * @return new password for user.
     * @throws PWResetException if password cannot be generated.
     */
    String generatePassword(AMIdentity user) 
        throws PWResetException;
}