* lib/net/imap.rb (Net::IMAP::PlainAuthenticator): added a new class

to support the PLAIN authentication mechanism. Thanks, Benjamin
  Stiglitz.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@7657 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Sun Dec 26 16:21:39 2004  Shugo Maeda  <shugo@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/net/imap.rb (Net::IMAP::PlainAuthenticator): added a new class
+	  to support the PLAIN authentication mechanism. Thanks, Benjamin
+	  Stiglitz.
+
 Fri Dec 24 23:27:18 2004  Hidetoshi NAGAI  <nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp>
 
 	* ext/tk/lib/tk/image.rb: TkPhotoImage#cget bug fix

lib/net/imap.rb

@@ -3130,6 +3130,22 @@ module Net
     end
     add_authenticator "LOGIN", LoginAuthenticator
 
+    # Authenticator for the "PLAIN" authentication type.  See
+    # #authenticate().
+    class PlainAuthenticator
+      def process(data)
+        return "\0#{@user}\0#{@password}"
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def initialize(user, password)
+        @user = user
+        @password = password
+      end
+    end 
+    add_authenticator "PLAIN", PlainAuthenticator
+
     # Authenticator for the "CRAM-MD5" authentication type.  See
     # #authenticate().
     class CramMD5Authenticator