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package org.apache.catalina.authenticator;


import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.Principal;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.catalina.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.catalina.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.catalina.Realm;
import org.apache.catalina.Session;
import org.apache.catalina.deploy.LoginConfig;



/**
 * An <b>Authenticator</b> and <b>Valve</b> implementation that checks
 * only security constraints not involving user authentication.
 *
 * @author Craig R. McClanahan
 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2001/07/22 20:09:19 $
 */

public final class NonLoginAuthenticator
    extends AuthenticatorBase {


    // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance Variables


    /**
     * Descriptive information about this implementation.
     */
    private static final String info =
        "org.apache.catalina.authenticator.NonLoginAuthenticator/1.0";


    // ------------------------------------------------------------- Properties


    /**
     * Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.
     */
    public String getInfo() {

        return (this.info);

    }


    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods


    /**
     * Authenticate the user making this request, based on the specified
     * login configuration.  Return <code>true</code> if any specified
     * constraint has been satisfied, or <code>false</code> if we have
     * created a response challenge already.
     *
     * @param request Request we are processing
     * @param response Response we are creating
     * @param login Login configuration describing how authentication
     *              should be performed
     *
     * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs
     */
    public boolean authenticate(HttpRequest request,
                                HttpResponse response,
                                LoginConfig config)
        throws IOException {

        if (debug >= 1)
            log("User authentication is not required");
        return (true);


    }


}
