;;; password-cache.el --- Read passwords, possibly using a password cache.  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

;; Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2003-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
;; Created: 2003-12-21
;; Keywords: extensions

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;;; Commentary:

;; Greatly influenced by pgg.el written by Daiki Ueno, with timer
;; fixes for XEmacs by Katsumi Yamaoka.  In fact, this is mostly just
;; a rip-off.
;;
;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
;; ;; Minibuffer prompt for password.
;;  => "foo"
;;
;; (password-cache-add "test" (read-passwd "Password? "))
;; ;; Minibuffer prompt from read-passwd, which returns "foo".
;;  => nil

;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
;; ;; No minibuffer prompt
;;  => "foo"
;;
;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
;; ;; No minibuffer prompt
;;  => "foo"
;;
;; ;; Wait `password-cache-expiry' seconds.
;;
;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
;; ;; Minibuffer prompt for password is back.
;;  => "foo"

;;; Code:

;; Options are autoloaded since they are used by eg mml-sec.el.

;;;###autoload
(defcustom password-cache t
  "Whether to cache passwords."
  :group 'password
  :type 'boolean)

;;;###autoload
(defcustom password-cache-expiry 16
  "How many seconds passwords are cached, or nil to disable expiring.
Whether passwords are cached at all is controlled by `password-cache'."
  :group 'password
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Never" nil)
		 (integer :tag "Seconds")))

(defvar password-data (make-hash-table :test #'equal))

(defun password-read-from-cache (key)
  "Obtain passphrase for KEY from time-limited passphrase cache.
Custom variables `password-cache' and `password-cache-expiry'
regulate cache behavior."
  (and password-cache
       key
       (gethash key password-data)))

;;;###autoload
(defun password-in-cache-p (key)
  "Check if KEY is in the cache."
  (and password-cache
       key
       (not (eq (gethash key password-data 'password-cache-no-data)
                'password-cache-no-data))))

(defun password-read (prompt &optional key)
  "Read password, for use with KEY, from user, or from cache if wanted.
KEY indicate the purpose of the password, so the cache can
separate passwords.  The cache is not used if KEY is nil.
KEY is typically a string but can be anything (compared via `equal').
The variable `password-cache' control whether the cache is used."
  (or (password-read-from-cache key)
      (read-passwd prompt)))

(defun password-cache-remove (key)
  "Remove password indexed by KEY from password cache.
This is typically run by a timer setup from `password-cache-add',
but can be invoked at any time to forcefully remove passwords
from the cache.  This may be useful when it has been detected
that a password is invalid, so that `password-read' query the
user again."
  (let ((password (gethash key password-data)))
    (when (stringp password)
      (clear-string password))
    (remhash key password-data)))

(defun password-cache-add (key password)
  "Add password to cache.
The password is removed by a timer after `password-cache-expiry' seconds."
  (when (and password-cache-expiry
             (eq (gethash key password-data 'password-cache-no-data)
                 'password-cache-no-data))
    (run-at-time password-cache-expiry nil
		 #'password-cache-remove
		 key))
  (puthash key password password-data)
  nil)

(defun password-reset ()
  "Clear the password cache."
  (interactive)
  (clrhash password-data))

(provide 'password-cache)

;;; password-cache.el ends here