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 This method should not be used to generate a password hash for verification purposes;
 use <a href="../../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/identitystore/PasswordHash.html#verify-char:A-java.lang.String-"><code>verify(char[], String)</code></a> for that purpose. Use this method only to generate
 password hashes for new or changed passwords.
 <p>
 The returned hash value should be fully encoded, such that it can be directly stored, as is,
 with no additional formatting or encoding applied.</div>
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