/* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

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 package org.acegisecurity.providers;

 import org.acegisecurity.Authentication;

 import org.acegisecurity.AuthenticationException;

 /**

  * An {@link AuthenticationProvider} implementation for the  {@link TestingAuthenticationToken}.<p>It simply

  * accepts as valid whatever is contained within the <code>TestingAuthenticationToken</code>.</p>

  *  <p>The purpose of this implementation is to facilitate unit testing. This provider should <B>never be enabled

  * on a production system</b>.</p>

  *

  * @author Ben Alex

  * @version $Id: TestingAuthenticationProvider.java 1496 2006-05-23 13:38:33Z benalex $

  */

 public class TestingAuthenticationProvider implements AuthenticationProvider {

     //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

     public Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication)

         throws AuthenticationException {

         return authentication;

     }

     public boolean supports(Class authentication) {

         if (TestingAuthenticationToken.class.isAssignableFrom(authentication)) {

             return true;

         } else {

             return false;

         }

     }

 }