public static AuthProvider getAuthProvider() {
        return authProvider;
    }
Returns the currently-installed AuthProvider. <b>Warning:</b> in virtually all
cases the auth provider should not be used directly. Instead, the appropriate
methods in AuthFactory should be called. Direct access to the auth provider is
only provided for special-case logic.

@return the current UserProvider.
@deprecated Prefer using the corresponding factory method, rather than 
					invoking methods on the provider directly
xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/auth/AuthFactory.java