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java.lang.Objectorg.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationProvider
public class TestingAuthenticationProvider
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.
Constructor Summary | |
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TestingAuthenticationProvider()
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Method Summary | |
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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 |
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clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
Constructor Detail |
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public TestingAuthenticationProvider()
Method Detail |
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public Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication) throws AuthenticationException
AuthenticationProvider
AuthenticationManager.authenticate(Authentication)
.
authenticate
in interface AuthenticationProvider
authentication
- the authentication request object.
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.
AuthenticationException
- if authentication fails.public boolean supports(Class<? extends Object> authentication)
AuthenticationProvider
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
.
supports
in interface AuthenticationProvider
authentication
- DOCUMENT ME!
true
if the implementation can more closely evaluate the Authentication
class
presented
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