org.springframework.security
Class MockAuthenticationManager

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.security.AbstractAuthenticationManager
      org.springframework.security.MockAuthenticationManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthenticationManager

public class MockAuthenticationManager
extends AbstractAuthenticationManager

Simply accepts as valid whatever is passed to it, if grantAccess is set to true.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Ben Alex, Wesley Hall

Constructor Summary

MockAuthenticationManager()

MockAuthenticationManager(boolean grantAccess)

Method Summary

Authentication

doAuthentication(Authentication authentication) Concrete implementations of this class override this method to provide the authentication service.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.security.AbstractAuthenticationManager

authenticate, setClearExtraInformation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MockAuthenticationManager

public MockAuthenticationManager(boolean grantAccess)

MockAuthenticationManager

public MockAuthenticationManager()

Method Detail

doAuthentication

public Authentication doAuthentication(Authentication authentication)
                                throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from class: AbstractAuthenticationManager

Concrete implementations of this class override this method to provide the authentication service.

The contract for this method is documented in the AuthenticationManager.authenticate(Authentication).

Specified by:

doAuthentication in class AbstractAuthenticationManager

Parameters:

authentication - the authentication request object

Returns:

a fully authenticated object including credentials

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if authentication fails