org.acegisecurity.providers

Class TestingAuthenticationToken

java.lang.Object

org.acegisecurity.providers.AbstractAuthenticationToken

org.acegisecurity.providers.TestingAuthenticationToken

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal, Authentication

public class TestingAuthenticationToken
extends AbstractAuthenticationToken

An Authentication implementation that is designed for use whilst unit testing.

The corresponding authentication provider is TestingAuthenticationProvider.

Version:

$Id: TestingAuthenticationToken.java 1784 2007-02-24 21:00:24Z luke_t $

Author:

Ben Alex

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TestingAuthenticationToken(Object principal, Object credentials, GrantedAuthority[] authorities)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getCredentials() The credentials that prove the principal is correct.
Object	getPrincipal() The identity of the principal being authenticated.

Methods inherited from class org.acegisecurity.providers.AbstractAuthenticationToken

equals, getAuthorities, getDetails, getName, hashCode, isAuthenticated, setAuthenticated, setDetails, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

implies

Constructor Detail

TestingAuthenticationToken

public TestingAuthenticationToken(Object principal,
                                  Object credentials,
                                  GrantedAuthority[] authorities)

Method Detail

getCredentials

public Object getCredentials()

Description copied from interface: Authentication

The credentials that prove the principal is correct. This is usually a password, but could be anything relevant to the AuthenticationManager. Callers are expected to populate the credentials.

Returns:

the credentials that prove the identity of the Principal

getPrincipal

public Object getPrincipal()

Description copied from interface: Authentication

The identity of the principal being authenticated. This is usually a username. Callers are expected to populate the principal.

Returns:

the Principal being authenticated