protected static Object getLocalValue(final Region region, final Object key) {
    Region.Entry entry = region.getEntry(key);
    if (entry != null) {
      try { // Handle race conditions with concurrent destroy ops
        return entry.getValue();
      } catch (EntryDestroyedException e) {
        return null;
      }
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  }
Contains utility methods for setting up servers/clients for authentication and authorization
tests.

@since GemFire 5.5

@deprecated in favor of just writing a test without this class
geode-dunit/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/security/SecurityTestUtils.java