TextMatchAuthenticator.java

package org.apache.fulcrum.security.authenticator;

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import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled;
import org.apache.fulcrum.security.entity.User;
import org.apache.fulcrum.security.util.DataBackendException;

/**
 * This class authenticates by doing a plain text match of the user's passwords.
 * Very insecure!
 * 
 * avalon.component name="textmatch-authenticator" avalon.service
 * type="org.apache.fulcrum.security.authenticator.Authenticator"
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:epugh@upstate.com">Eric Pugh</a>
 * @version $Id$
 * 
 */
public class TextMatchAuthenticator extends AbstractLogEnabled implements Authenticator {
	/**
	 * Authenticate an username with the specified password. Returns true if the
	 * user password plain text matches the passed in password.
	 *
	 * @param user     object
	 * @param password the user supplied password.
	 * @exception DataBackendException if there is a problem accessing the storage.
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean authenticate(User user, String password) throws DataBackendException {
		if (user == null) {
			return false;
		}

		String referenced = user.getPassword() == null ? "" : user.getPassword().trim();
		String tested = password == null ? "" : password.trim();
		return referenced.equals(tested);
	}
}