Spring PasswordEncoder decoding in external application

I need to decode a password that was encoded using the org.springframework.security.authentication.encoding.PasswordEncoder.encodePassword method. Basically, application "A" maintains the encoded/encrypted password in its database. Application "B" makes a RESTful call to application "A" to get the userid and password (passes password as encoded/encrypted) and then application "B" needs to view the clear 开发者_如何学运维text version of the password, how would it decode it?

The mentioned class "org.springframework.security.authentication.encoding.PasswordEncoder.encodePassword" seems to use digest function to encode the password. Because all the digest function are mentioned to be one way only it is easy to make encoded password from the clear text but almost impossible to obtain unencrypted version from the digest.

If you want to authenticate user just encrypt the password and compare it to it's stored encrypted version.

Other option can be reseting the password (replacing value stored in application "A").

If you insist on unencrypted password in application "B" from the digest, you have to crack it, which can be time consuming operation...