org.springframework.security.authentication
Class TestingAuthenticationProvider

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthenticationProvider

public class TestingAuthenticationProvider
extends Object
implements AuthenticationProvider

An AuthenticationProvider implementation for the TestingAuthenticationToken.

It simply accepts as valid whatever is contained within the TestingAuthenticationToken.

The purpose of this implementation is to facilitate unit testing. This provider should never be enabled on a production system.

Version:

$Id: TestingAuthenticationProvider.java 3550 2009-04-13 13:43:23Z ltaylor $

Author:

Ben Alex

Constructor Summary

TestingAuthenticationProvider()

Method Summary

Authentication	authenticate(Authentication authentication) Performs authentication with the same contract as AuthenticationManager.authenticate(Authentication).
boolean	supports(Class<? extends Object> authentication) Returns true if this AuthenticationProvider supports the indicated Authentication object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TestingAuthenticationProvider

public TestingAuthenticationProvider()

Method Detail

authenticate

public Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication)
                            throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationProvider

Performs authentication with the same contract as AuthenticationManager.authenticate(Authentication).

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthenticationProvider

Parameters:

authentication - the authentication request object.

Returns:

a fully authenticated object including credentials. May return null if the AuthenticationProvider is unable to support authentication of the passed Authentication object. In such a case, the next AuthenticationProvider that supports the presented Authentication class will be tried.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if authentication fails.

supports

public boolean supports(Class<? extends Object> authentication)

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationProvider

Returns true if this AuthenticationProvider supports the indicated Authentication object.

Returning true does not guarantee an AuthenticationProvider will be able to authenticate the presented instance of the Authentication class. It simply indicates it can support closer evaluation of it. An AuthenticationProvider can still return null from the AuthenticationProvider.authenticate(Authentication) method to indicate another AuthenticationProvider should be tried.

Selection of an AuthenticationProvider capable of performing authentication is conducted at runtime the ProviderManager.

Specified by:

supports in interface AuthenticationProvider

Parameters:

authentication - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

true if the implementation can more closely evaluate the Authentication class presented