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+/* =============================================================
+ * License Information: http://lamsfoundation.org/licensing/lams/2.0/
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.0
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 * USA
+ *
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
+ * ****************************************************************
+ */
+package org.lamsfoundation.lams.security;
+import org.lamsfoundation.lams.test.AbstractLamsTestCase;
+import org.lamsfoundation.lams.usermanagement.AuthenticationMethod;
+import org.lamsfoundation.lams.usermanagement.User;
+import org.lamsfoundation.lams.usermanagement.service.UserManagementService;
+
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/**
+ * @author jliew
+ *
+ */
+public class TestLDAPAuthenticator extends AbstractLamsTestCase {
+
+	UserManagementService service;
+	
+	public TestLDAPAuthenticator(String name) {
+		super(name);
+	}
+	
+	protected void setUp()throws Exception{
+		super.setUp();
+		service = (UserManagementService)context.getBean("userManagementService");
+	}
+	
+	protected String getHibernateSessionFactoryName() {
+		return "coreSessionFactory";		
+	}
+	
+	protected String[] getContextConfigLocation() {
+		return new String[] {"org/lamsfoundation/lams/localApplicationContext.xml",
+				"org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/lessonApplicationContext.xml",
+				"org/lamsfoundation/lams/toolApplicationContext.xml"};
+	}
+	
+	public void testAuthenticator() {
+		AuthenticationMethodConfigurer.setConfigFilePath("D:/jboss-4.0.2/server/default/conf/lamsauthentication.xml");
+		
+		User user = service.getUserByLogin("test");
+		AuthenticationMethod method = user.getAuthenticationMethod();
+		try {
+			AuthenticationMethodConfigurer.configure(method);
+		} catch(Exception e) {
+			System.out.println("it's an exception: "+e);
+		}
+		LDAPAuthenticator authenticator = new LDAPAuthenticator(method);
+		boolean isValid = authenticator.authenticate(user.getLogin(),"test");
+		
+		assertTrue(isValid);
+	}
+}