Active Directory Password Encoder

ADPasswordEncoder.java

package no.smievoll.ad;

import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttribute;
import java.util.List;

public class ADPasswordEncoder {

    private static byte[] generatePasswordByteArray(String clearTextPassword) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {

        /* NB: AD requires password string to be quoted. */
        return ("\"" + clearTextPassword + "\"").getBytes("UTF-16LE");
    }

    public static List<BasicAttribute> createAttribute(String clearTextPassword) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        List<BasicAttribute> pwdAttrs = new ArrayList<BasicAttribute>();
        pwdAttrs.add(new BasicAttribute("unicodePwd", generatePasswordByteArray(clearTextPassword)));

        return pwdAttrs;
    }
}