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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.geode.security.support;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.geode.security.AuthenticationFailedException;
+import org.apache.geode.security.ResourcePermission;
+
+/**
+ * {@link SecurityManagerSupport} is an abstract base class implementing Apache Geode/Pivotal GemFire's
+ * {@link org.apache.geode.security.SecurityManager} interface, providing default implementations of the
+ * {@literal SecurityManager's} auth methods.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.apache.geode.security.SecurityManager
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public abstract class SecurityManagerSupport implements org.apache.geode.security.SecurityManager {
+
+	protected static final boolean DEFAULT_AUTHORIZATION = false;
+
+	@Override
+	public void init(Properties securityProperties) { }
+
+	@Override
+	public Object authenticate(Properties credentials) throws AuthenticationFailedException {
+		return new AuthenticationFailedException("Authentication Provider Not Present");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean authorize(Object principal, ResourcePermission permission) {
+		return DEFAULT_AUTHORIZATION;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void close() { }
+
+}