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+package edu.ncst.award.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.argon2.Argon2PasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.DelegatingPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.scrypt.SCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class CustomDelegatingPasswordEncoder extends DelegatingPasswordEncoder {
+
+    private static final String PREFIX = "{";
+
+    private static final String SUFFIX = "}";
+
+
+    public CustomDelegatingPasswordEncoder(String idForEncode, Map<String, PasswordEncoder> idToPasswordEncoder) {
+        super(idForEncode, idToPasswordEncoder);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(CharSequence rawPassword, String prefixEncodedPassword) {
+        String id = extractId(prefixEncodedPassword);
+        if (id == null) {
+            prefixEncodedPassword = PREFIX + "bcrypt" + SUFFIX + prefixEncodedPassword;
+        }
+        return super.matches(rawPassword, prefixEncodedPassword);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public static PasswordEncoder createDelegatingPasswordEncoder() {
+        String encodingId = "bcrypt";
+        Map<String, PasswordEncoder> encoders = new HashMap<>();
+        encoders.put(encodingId, new BCryptPasswordEncoder());
+        encoders.put("ldap", new org.springframework.security.crypto.password.LdapShaPasswordEncoder());
+        encoders.put("MD4", new org.springframework.security.crypto.password.Md4PasswordEncoder());
+        encoders.put("MD5", new org.springframework.security.crypto.password.MessageDigestPasswordEncoder("MD5"));
+        encoders.put("noop", org.springframework.security.crypto.password.NoOpPasswordEncoder.getInstance());
+        encoders.put("pbkdf2", new Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder());
+        encoders.put("scrypt", new SCryptPasswordEncoder());
+        encoders.put("SHA-1", new org.springframework.security.crypto.password.MessageDigestPasswordEncoder("SHA-1"));
+        encoders.put("SHA-256",
+                new org.springframework.security.crypto.password.MessageDigestPasswordEncoder("SHA-256"));
+        encoders.put("sha256", new org.springframework.security.crypto.password.StandardPasswordEncoder());
+        encoders.put("argon2", new Argon2PasswordEncoder());
+        DelegatingPasswordEncoder customDelegatingPasswordEncoder = new CustomDelegatingPasswordEncoder(encodingId, encoders);
+        customDelegatingPasswordEncoder.setDefaultPasswordEncoderForMatches(new PassWordMatcher());
+        return customDelegatingPasswordEncoder;
+    }
+
+    static private String extractId(String prefixEncodedPassword) {
+        if (prefixEncodedPassword == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int start = prefixEncodedPassword.indexOf(PREFIX);
+        if (start != 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int end = prefixEncodedPassword.indexOf(SUFFIX, start);
+        if (end < 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return prefixEncodedPassword.substring(start + 1, end);
+    }
+
+    static private class PassWordMatcher implements PasswordEncoder {
+        @Override
+        public String encode(CharSequence rawPassword) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("encode is not supported");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean matches(CharSequence rawPassword, String prefixEncodedPassword) {
+            String id = extractId(prefixEncodedPassword);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("There is no PasswordEncoder mapped for the id \"" + id + "\"");
+        }
+    }
+}