DefaultValidator.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.gateway.preauth.filter;

import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

/**
 * @since 0.12
 * This class implements the default Validator where really no validation is performed.
 * TODO: log the fact that there is no verification going on to validate
 * +  who is asserting the identity with the a header. Without some validation
 * +  we are assuming the network security is the primary protection method.
 */
public class DefaultValidator implements PreAuthValidator {
  public static final String DEFAULT_VALIDATION_METHOD_VALUE = "preauth.default.validation";

  public DefaultValidator() {
  }

  /**
   * @param httpRequest
   * @param filterConfig
   * @return true if validated, otherwise false
   * @throws PreAuthValidationException
   */
  @Override
  public boolean validate(HttpServletRequest httpRequest, FilterConfig filterConfig) throws PreAuthValidationException {
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Return unique validator name
   *
   * @return name of validator
   */
  @Override
  public String getName() {
    return DEFAULT_VALIDATION_METHOD_VALUE;
  }
}