diff --git a/.idea/gradle.xml b/.idea/gradle.xml
index 578f1f3..22ff426 100644
--- a/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ b/.idea/gradle.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <option name="linkedExternalProjectsSettings">
       <GradleProjectSettings>
         <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-        <option name="gradleHome" value="" />
+        <option name="gradleJvm" value="azul-17" />
         <option name="modules">
           <set>
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/DumbBruteSolver.java b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/DumbBruteSolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31bd7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/DumbBruteSolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package com.cleverthis.interview;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+/**
+ * Brute-forces padlock using lexicographically ordered permutation generation
+ *
+ * Algorithm documented at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation#Generation_in_lexicographic_order
+ */
+public class DumbBruteSolver implements SolverInterface {
+
+    /**
+     * Solves the padlock passed in to the method. The padlock's internal state should be correct after this method
+     * runs.
+     * @param padlockAdapter A padlock conforming to the PadlockAdapter contract
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void solve(PadlockAdapter padlockAdapter) {
+        int numpadSize = padlockAdapter.getNumpadSize();
+
+        Integer[] currentPermutation = new Integer[numpadSize];
+        for(int i = 0; i < numpadSize; i++) {
+            currentPermutation[i] = i;
+        }
+
+        while(true) {
+            boolean isCorrect = checkPermutation(currentPermutation, padlockAdapter);
+
+            if (!isCorrect) {
+                boolean nextPermutationExists = calculateNextPermutation(currentPermutation, numpadSize);
+                if(!nextPermutationExists) {
+                    return;
+                }
+            } else {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the permutation to the padlock's memory and checks whether this permutation is the correct passcode.
+     * This is a naive solution that makes no considerations for write-cost.
+     * @param permutation The permutation to write to the padlock
+     * @param padlockAdapter The padlock to write to
+     * @return True if the correct padlock passcode has been found, false otherwise
+     */
+    protected boolean checkPermutation(Integer[] permutation, PadlockAdapter padlockAdapter) {
+        for(int i = 0; i < padlockAdapter.getNumpadSize(); i++) {
+            padlockAdapter.writeInputBuffer(i, permutation[i]);
+        }
+
+        return padlockAdapter.isPasscodeCorrect();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Calculates the next permutation in lexicographic order, based on the algorithm linked on wikipedia
+     * @param currentPermutation The current permutation to run the algorithm on
+     * @param numpadSize The number of items in the set to be permuted
+     * @return true if next permutation successfully generated, false if permutations have been exhausted
+     */
+    protected boolean calculateNextPermutation(Integer[] currentPermutation, int numpadSize) {
+        if(numpadSize < 2) { return false; }
+
+        //Integer k, l;
+
+        // Find the k and l indices, such that they meet the criteria for the permutation algorithm.
+        // If such indice values are found, swap them, then reverse the array subset from k+1 to the end of the array
+        for(int k = (numpadSize - 2); k >= 0; k--) {
+            if(currentPermutation[k] < currentPermutation[k + 1]) {
+
+                for(int l = (numpadSize - 1); l > k; l--) {
+                    if(currentPermutation[k] < currentPermutation[l]) {
+                        // Swap index k value and index l value in permutations array
+                        // TODO: Could be a better swap algorithm
+                        int tempInt = currentPermutation[k];
+                        currentPermutation[k] = currentPermutation[l];
+                        currentPermutation[l] = tempInt;
+
+                        // Split the currentPermutation array into two slices. The slice happens at index k, with index k
+                        // inclusive to the first slice
+                        Integer[] firstSlice = Arrays.stream(currentPermutation, 0, k + 1).toArray(Integer[]::new);
+                        Integer[] secondSlice = Arrays.stream(currentPermutation, k + 1, numpadSize).toArray(Integer[]::new);
+
+                        // Reverse the subset of the permutation array from index k+1 to the end of the array
+                        Collections.reverse(Arrays.asList(secondSlice));
+
+                        // Concat the non-reversed and reversed subarrays into a new permutation
+                        Integer[] newPermutation = Stream.concat(Arrays.stream(firstSlice), Arrays.stream(secondSlice)).toArray(Integer[]::new);
+
+                        // Copy the new permutation into currentPermutation to return it
+                        System.arraycopy(newPermutation, 0, currentPermutation, 0, numpadSize);
+
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PadlockAdapter.java b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PadlockAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04594cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PadlockAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.cleverthis.interview;
+
+/**
+ * This defines the interface that padlocks must conform to.
+ * Concrete implementations will be adapted to this interface contract through concrete adapter classes.
+ */
+public interface PadlockAdapter {
+
+    /**
+     * Get the size of the padlock's physical number pad
+     *
+     * @return A count of the physical buttons on the padlock
+     */
+    int getNumpadSize();
+
+    /**
+     *  Write key presses to the input buffer of the padlock
+     * @param address The position / index of the button that is pressed. For example, address 1 is the first button pressed.
+     * @param keyIndex The value of the button that is pressed. Cannot be greater than the numpad size, as the buttons increment
+     *                 sequentially
+     * @return The old value of keyIndex at the inputted address
+     */
+    Integer writeInputBuffer(int address, int keyIndex);
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the inputted password is correct
+     * @return True if password is correct, false otherwise
+     */
+    boolean isPasscodeCorrect();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the write counter
+     * @return The number of times a write operation has occurred
+     */
+    long getWriteCounter();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the check counter
+     * @return The number of times the password has been checked for correctness
+     */
+    long getCheckCounter();
+
+    /**
+     * Resets both the check and write counters
+     */
+    void resetCounter();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PadlockJavaAdapter.java b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PadlockJavaAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fb2e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PadlockJavaAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.cleverthis.interview;
+
+import com.cleverthis.interview.padlock.PadlockImpl;
+
+/**
+ * The concrete implementation of PadlockAdapter that communicates with the padlock directly through a Java
+ * class
+ */
+public class PadlockJavaAdapter extends PadlockImpl implements PadlockAdapter {
+    /**
+     * Create a padlock instance.
+     *
+     * @param numpadSize The number of buttons on the numpad of this lock.
+     */
+    public PadlockJavaAdapter(int numpadSize) {
+        super(numpadSize);
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < this.getNumpadSize(); i++) {
+            this.writeInputBuffer(i, i);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/Solution.java b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/Solution.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 814941b..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/Solution.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package com.cleverthis.interview;
-
-import com.cleverthis.interview.padlock.PadlockImpl;
-
-/**
- * This is a placeholder class showing a simple boilerplate.
- * This class is not required, so you can replace with your own architecture.
- */
-public class Solution {
-    public void solve(PadlockImpl padlock) {
-        throw new RuntimeException("TODO");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolverInterface.java b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolverInterface.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..153ffaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolverInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.cleverthis.interview;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that defines the class signature for solver implementations
+ */
+public interface SolverInterface {
+
+    /**
+     * Solves the padlock passed in that conforms to the PadlockAdapter interface
+     * @param padlockAdapter the padlock object to solve
+     */
+    void solve(PadlockAdapter padlockAdapter);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/DumbBruteSolverTest.java b/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/DumbBruteSolverTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ce7f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/DumbBruteSolverTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package com.cleverthis.interview;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for DumbBruteSolver class
+ *
+ * Tests that lexicographically ordered permutations are properly calculated, and that the solver works
+ */
+public class DumbBruteSolverTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether a 7-button padlock can be solved
+     */
+    @Test
+    protected void testSolver() {
+        DumbBruteSolver dumbSolver = new DumbBruteSolver();
+        PadlockJavaAdapter padlock = new PadlockJavaAdapter(7);
+
+        dumbSolver.solve(padlock);
+
+        assertTrue(padlock.isPasscodeCorrect());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the next permutation is calculated correctly
+     */
+    @Test
+    protected void testOnePermutation() {
+        DumbBruteSolver dumbSolver = new DumbBruteSolver();
+
+        Integer[] permutation = new Integer[] {1, 2, 3, 4};
+        Integer[] correctPermutation = new Integer[] {1, 2, 4, 3};
+
+        dumbSolver.calculateNextPermutation(permutation, 4);
+
+        assertArrayEquals(permutation, correctPermutation);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether two consecutive permutations are correct
+     */
+    @Test
+    protected void testTwoPermutations() {
+        DumbBruteSolver dumbSolver = new DumbBruteSolver();
+
+        Integer[] permutation = new Integer[] {1, 2, 3, 4};
+        Integer[] correctPermutation = new Integer[] {1, 3, 2, 4};
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            dumbSolver.calculateNextPermutation(permutation, 4);
+        }
+
+        assertArrayEquals(permutation, correctPermutation);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether 23 consecutive permutations are correct
+     */
+    @Test
+    protected void test23Permutations() {
+        DumbBruteSolver dumbSolver = new DumbBruteSolver();
+
+        Integer[] permutation = new Integer[] {1, 2, 3, 4};
+        Integer[] correctPermutation = new Integer[] {4, 3, 2, 1};
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < 23; i++) {
+            dumbSolver.calculateNextPermutation(permutation, 4);
+        }
+
+        assertArrayEquals(permutation, correctPermutation);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the 24th permutation returns false, signifying we've exhausted all possible permutations
+     * for a list of size 4
+     */
+    @Test
+    protected void test24Permutations() {
+        DumbBruteSolver dumbSolver = new DumbBruteSolver();
+
+        Integer[] permutation = new Integer[] {1, 2, 3, 4};
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < 23; i++) {
+            assertTrue(dumbSolver.calculateNextPermutation(permutation, 4));
+        }
+
+        assertFalse(dumbSolver.calculateNextPermutation(permutation, 4));
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PerformanceAnalyze.java b/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PerformanceAnalyze.java
index 97be426..d75a520 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PerformanceAnalyze.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/PerformanceAnalyze.java
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import com.cleverthis.interview.padlock.PadlockImpl;
  * Performance test but not mean to run in unit test.
  */
 public class PerformanceAnalyze {
-    private static void solve(PadlockImpl padlock) {
-        new Solution().solve(padlock);
+    private static void solve(PadlockAdapter padlock) {
+        new DumbBruteSolver().solve(padlock);
     }
 
     private static final int TOTAL_RUN = 500;
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ public class PerformanceAnalyze {
         long timeSum = 0;
         long writeSum = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < TOTAL_RUN; i++) {
-            PadlockImpl padlock = new PadlockImpl(NUMPAD_SIZE);
+            PadlockAdapter padlock = new PadlockJavaAdapter(NUMPAD_SIZE);
             padlock.resetCounter();
             long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            solve(padlock);
+            solve((PadlockAdapter) padlock);
             long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
             if (!padlock.isPasscodeCorrect()) throw new IllegalStateException(
                     "Invalid solution: passcode not correct after return");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolutionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolutionTest.java
index 26eaf92..ca37214 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolutionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolutionTest.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import com.cleverthis.interview.padlock.PadlockImpl;
  */
 class SolutionTest extends SolutionTestBase {
     @Override
-    protected void solve(PadlockImpl padlock) {
-        new Solution().solve(padlock);
+    protected void solve(PadlockAdapter padlock) {
+        new DumbBruteSolver().solve(padlock);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolutionTestBase.java b/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolutionTestBase.java
index cbe86e5..2920a85 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolutionTestBase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cleverthis/interview/SolutionTestBase.java
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ public abstract class SolutionTestBase {
     /**
      * Implement your solution in this function.
      * */
-    protected abstract void solve(PadlockImpl padlock);
+    protected abstract void solve(PadlockAdapter padlock);
 
     protected void verify(int numpadSize) {
-        PadlockImpl padlock = new PadlockImpl(numpadSize);
+        PadlockAdapter padlock = new PadlockJavaAdapter(numpadSize);
         solve(padlock);
         assertTrue(padlock.isPasscodeCorrect());
     }