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package org.wso2.carbon.identity.mgt.policy.password;

import org.apache.commons.collections.MapUtils;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.mgt.policy.AbstractPasswordPolicyEnforcer;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class DefaultPasswordPatternPolicy extends AbstractPasswordPolicyEnforcer {

    private String PASSWORD_PATTERN = ".";
    private Pattern pattern;
    private Matcher matcher;

    @Override
    public boolean enforce(Object... args) {

        if (args != null) {
            String password = args[0].toString();

            matcher = pattern.matcher(password);
            if (matcher.matches()) {
                return true;
            } else {
                if (errorMessage == null) {
                    errorMessage = "Password pattern policy violated. policy :"+ pattern;
                }
                return false;
            }

        } else {
            return true;
        }

    }

    @Override
    public void init(Map<String, String> params) {

        if (!MapUtils.isEmpty(params)) {
            PASSWORD_PATTERN = params.get("pattern");
            errorMessage = params.get("errorMsg");
        }

        pattern = Pattern.compile(PASSWORD_PATTERN);
    }

}

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Update DefaultPasswordPatternPolicy.java