--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gwt-client/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/client/server/auth/AuthenticationFactory.java	Thu Apr 25 15:23:37 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.dive4elements.river.client.server.auth;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class AuthenticationFactory {
+
+    private static final Logger log =
+        Logger.getLogger(AuthenticationFactory.class);
+
+    public static Authenticator getInstance(String name)
+        throws IllegalArgumentException
+    {
+        if (name == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Authentication type name is null");
+        }
+
+        if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("was") ||
+            name.equalsIgnoreCase("ggina")) {
+            log.debug("Using GGinA authenticator.");
+            return
+                new org.dive4elements.river.client.server.auth.was.Authenticator();
+        }
+        else if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("plain")) {
+            log.debug("Using plain authenticator.");
+            return
+                new org.dive4elements.river.client.server.auth.plain.Authenticator();
+        }
+
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unkown Authentication " + name);
+    }
+}