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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.data.gemfire.tests.support;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.geode.security.AuthenticationFailedException;
+import org.apache.geode.security.ResourcePermission;
+import org.apache.shiro.authz.AuthorizationException;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link AbstractSecurityManager} class is an abstract base class supporting implementations of
+ * {@link org.apache.geode.security.SecurityManager}.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.apache.geode.security.SecurityManager
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public abstract class AbstractSecurityManager implements org.apache.geode.security.SecurityManager {
+
+	@Override
+	public void init(Properties securityProps) { }
+
+	@Override
+	public Object authenticate(Properties credentials) throws AuthenticationFailedException {
+		throw new AuthenticationFailedException("Access Denied");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean authorize(Object principal, ResourcePermission permission) {
+		throw new AuthorizationException("Not Authorized");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void close() { }
+
+}