changePassword

Changes the password for the vault.

Modifies all name/value pairs in the vault to be encrypted with a new password/salt. If the vault is locked or the new password is empty, an exception is thrown.

Syntax

public void changePassword(
   String newPassword,
   String newSalt
)

Parameters

newPassword – The new password.
newSalt – The new encryption salt value.

Examples

Change the Password for a Data Vault – Changes the password to "newPassword". The finally clause in the try/catch block ensure that the vault ends in a secure state even if an exception occurs.

try
{
   vault.unlock("password", "salt");
   vault.changePassword("newPassword", "newSalt");
}
catch (DataVaultException e)
{
   System.out.println("Exception: " + e.toString());
}
finally
{
   vault.lock();
}