PasswordChangeRestController

java.lang.Object

se.bth.pulse.controller.PasswordChangeRestController

@RestController public class PasswordChangeRestController extends Object

This class is a rest controller that serves the password change page.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity

passwordChange(String password, org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication)

This method is used to change the password of the logged-in user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details
- passwordChange
  
  @PostMapping("/change-password") public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity passwordChange(String password, org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication)
  
  This method is used to change the password of the logged-in user. It gets the username of the logged-in user from the authentication object. Then it gets the user object from the database using the username. Using the user object, it sets the new password and saves the user object. (Saving means updating the user object in the database when an id is already set)
  
  Parameters:
  
  password - - the new password
  
  authentication - - used to get the username of the logged-in user
  
  Returns:
  
  ResponseEntity - the response entity containing a success message if the password was changed successfully, an error message otherwise.