package org.apache.fulcrum.crypto.provider;

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import org.apache.fulcrum.crypto.CryptoAlgorithm;

/**
 * This is a dummy for "cleartext" encryption. It goes through the notions of
 * the CryptoAlgorithm interface but actually does nothing. It can be used as a
 * replacement for the "encrypt = no" setting in TurbineResources.
 *
 * Can be used as the default crypto algorithm
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class ClearCrypt implements CryptoAlgorithm {
	
	/**
	 * Constructor
	 */
	public ClearCrypt() 
	{
	}

	/**
	 * This class never uses an algorithm, so this is just a dummy.
	 *
	 * @param cipher Cipher (ignored)
	 */
	public void setCipher(String cipher) 
	{
	}

	/**
	 * This class never uses a seed, so this is just a dummy.
	 *
	 * @param seed Seed (ignored)
	 */
	public void setSeed(String seed) 
	{
	}

	/**
	 * This method performs no encryption and will simply
	 * return the value passed
	 *
	 * @param value The value to be encrypted
	 * @return The original value
	 * @throws Exception An Exception of the underlying implementation.
	 */
	public String encrypt(String value) throws Exception 
	{
		return value;
	}
}