--- a/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/server/auth/plain/Authenticator.java	Fri Sep 07 15:58:10 2012 +0000
+++ b/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/server/auth/plain/Authenticator.java	Sat Sep 08 11:26:30 2012 +0000
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 import de.intevation.flys.client.server.features.Features;
 
+/**
+ * Authenticator that uses a local file as user backend.
+ */
 public class Authenticator
 implements   de.intevation.flys.client.server.auth.Authenticator
 {
@@ -93,14 +96,15 @@
         try {
             String line;
             while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
-                if ((line = line.trim()).length() == 0
-                || line.startsWith("#")) {
+                if (line.startsWith("#")) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                String [] parts = line.split("\\s+");
+                
+                String[] parts = line.split("\\s+");
                 if (parts.length < 2) {
                     continue;
                 }
+                
                 if (parts[0].equals(username)) {
                     log.debug("user '" + username + "' found.");
                     if (parts[1].equals(password)) {
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@
             reader.close();
         }
         log.debug("failed");
-        return new Authentication(null, null, new ArrayList<String>(0), features);
+        return null;
     }
 }
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