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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * 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 ch.systemsx.cisd.authentication.ldap;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.authentication.IAuthenticationService;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.authentication.Principal;
+
+import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.*;
+
+/**
+ * A real test case for LDAP authentication.
+ * 
+ * @author Bernd Rinn
+ */
+public class RealLDAPAuthenticationTest
+{
+    private final static String SERVER_URL = null; // FIX
+
+    private final static String SECURITY_PRINCIPAL_DISTINGUISHED_NAME = null; // FIX
+
+    private final static String SECURITY_PRINCIPAL_PASSWORD = null; // FIX
+
+    private final static String USER_ID_TO_AUTHENTICATE = null;
+
+    private final static String USER_PASSWORD_TO_AUTHENTICATE = null;
+
+    private final static String MAIL_ALIAS_OF_USER = null;
+
+    private IAuthenticationService service;
+
+    @BeforeTest
+    public void setUp()
+    {
+        final LDAPDirectoryConfiguration config = new LDAPDirectoryConfiguration();
+        config.setServerUrl(SERVER_URL);
+        config.setSecurityPrincipalDistinguishedName(SECURITY_PRINCIPAL_DISTINGUISHED_NAME);
+        config.setSecurityPrincipalPassword(SECURITY_PRINCIPAL_PASSWORD);
+        config.setEmailAttributeName("proxyAddresses");
+        config.setEmailAttributePrefix("smtp:");
+        service = new LDAPAuthenticationService(config);
+    }
+
+    @Test(groups = "broken")
+    public void testAuthenticateUser()
+    {
+        assertTrue(service.authenticateUser("doesntmatter", USER_ID_TO_AUTHENTICATE,
+                USER_PASSWORD_TO_AUTHENTICATE));
+    }
+
+    @Test(groups = "broken")
+    public void testAuthenticateUserByEmailAlias()
+    {
+        assertTrue(Principal.isAuthenticated(service.tryGetAndAuthenticateUserByEmail(
+                "doesntmatter", MAIL_ALIAS_OF_USER, USER_PASSWORD_TO_AUTHENTICATE)));
+    }
+}