Sensitive

```
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(FIELD)
public @interface Sensitive
```
This annotation is used to mark string attributes that contain sensitive information and should be masked when output to a log file, and encrypted when stored in a database.

Author:

sagar04

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Fields	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`MASK_EMAIL_ADDRESS`	Mask for a email address.
`static java.lang.String`	`MASK_PASSWORD`	Mask for a password or alphanumeric pin with various lengths (min length = 4, max length = 100): mask all characters
`static java.lang.String`	`MASK_PHONE_NUMBER`	Mask for a phone number: XXX-XXX-dddd leave the last four digits unmasked
`static java.lang.String`	`MASK_SSN`	MASK for a SSN: XXX-XX-dddd leave the last four digits unmasked

Required Element Summary

Required Elements
Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
`java.lang.String`	`mask`	The masking pattern that should be applied to the value of the annotated attribute.
`java.lang.String`	`type`	The type of sensitive attribute.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type Optional Element Description

char character
The character that should be used to mask the value of the annotated attribute.

- Field Detail
  - MASK_PASSWORD
```
static final java.lang.String MASK_PASSWORD
```
    Mask for a password or alphanumeric pin with various lengths (min length = 4, max length = 100): mask all characters
- - MASK_EMAIL_ADDRESS
```
static final java.lang.String MASK_EMAIL_ADDRESS
```
    Mask for a email address. Masks every character before @
- - MASK_PHONE_NUMBER
```
static final java.lang.String MASK_PHONE_NUMBER
```
    Mask for a phone number: XXX-XXX-dddd leave the last four digits unmasked
- - MASK_SSN
```
static final java.lang.String MASK_SSN
```
    MASK for a SSN: XXX-XX-dddd leave the last four digits unmasked
- Element Detail
  - type
```
java.lang.String type
```
    The type of sensitive attribute. This may be needed to determine how to encrypt/decrypt the sensitive information.
    
    Returns:
    
    The attribute type
- - mask
```
java.lang.String mask
```
    The masking pattern that should be applied to the value of the annotated attribute. The pattern is a regular expression that contains "(" and ")" surrounding the parts of the string that should be masked with "X"s.
    
    Returns:
    
    The masking pattern.
- - character
```
char character
```
    The character that should be used to mask the value of the annotated attribute. The default character is 'X'.
    
    Returns:
    
    The masking character.
    
    Default:
    
    'X'