Java Password Validation

The following code sample is used to perform simple password validation in java.

class PasswordValidator
{
        public PasswordValidator()
        {
                super();
        }

        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                PasswordValidator passwordValidator = new PasswordValidator();
               
                String userName = "techdive";
                String passWord = "java2011";
                System.out.println("Input : UserName "+userName+" PassWord -> "+passWord);
               
                passwordValidator.passwordValidation(userName,passWord);
                System.out.println();
                passWord = "Java2011*";
                System.out.println("Input : UserName "+userName+" PassWord -> "+passWord);
                passwordValidator.passwordValidation(userName,passWord);
        }

        /*
         * Password should be less than 15 and more than 8 characters in length.
         * Password should contain at least one upper case and one lower case alphabet.    
         * Password should contain at least one number.
         * Password should contain at least one special character.
         */

        public void passwordValidation(String userName, String password)
        {
                boolean valid = true;
                if (password.length() > 15 || password.length() < 8)
                {
                        System.out.println("Password should be less than 15 and more than 8 characters in length.");
                        valid = false;
                }
                if (password.indexOf(userName) > -1)
                {
                        System.out.println("Password Should not be same as user name");
                        valid = false;
                }
                String upperCaseChars = "(.*[A-Z].*)";
                if (!password.matches(upperCaseChars ))
                {
                        System.out.println("Password should contain atleast one upper case alphabet");
                        valid = false;
                }
                String lowerCaseChars = "(.*[a-z].*)";
                if (!password.matches(lowerCaseChars ))
                {
                        System.out.println("Password should contain atleast one lower case alphabet");
                        valid = false;
                }
                String numbers = "(.*[0-9].*)";
                if (!password.matches(numbers ))
                {
                        System.out.println("Password should contain atleast one number.");
                        valid = false;
                }
                String specialChars = "(.*[,~,!,@,#,$,%,^,&,*,(,),-,_,=,+,[,{,],},|,;,:,<,>,/,?].*$)";
                if (!password.matches(specialChars ))
                {
                        System.out.println("Password should contain atleast one special character");
                        valid = false;
                }
                if (valid)
                {
                        System.out.println("Password is valid.");
                }
        }
}

Output:

Input: UserName techdive PassWord--> java2011
Password should contain at least one upper case alphabet
Password should contain at least one special character

Input: UserName techdive PassWord -> Java2011*
Password is valid.

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