diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/components/auth/controller_authorize.php b/cake/libs/controller/components/auth/controller_authorize.php
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+<?php
+
+
+class ControllerAuthorize {
+/**
+ * Controller for the request.
+ *
+ * @var Controller
+ */
+	protected $_controller = null;
+
+/**
+ * Constructor
+ *
+ * @param Controller $controller The controller for this request.
+ * @param string $settings An array of settings.  This class does not use any settings.
+ */
+	public function __construct(Controller $controller, $settings = array()) {
+		$this->controller($controller);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Checks user authorization using a controller callback.
+ *
+ * @param array $user Active user data
+ * @param CakeRequest $request 
+ * @return boolean
+ */
+	public function authorize($user, CakeRequest $request) {
+		return (bool) $this->_controller->isAuthorized($user);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Accessor to the controller object.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $controller null to get, a controller to set.
+ * @return mixed.
+ */
+	public function controller($controller = null) {
+		if ($controller) {
+			if (!$controller instanceof Controller) {
+				throw new CakeException(__('$controller needs to be an instance of Controller'));
+			}
+			if (!method_exists($controller, 'isAuthorized')) {
+				throw new CakeException(__('$controller does not implement an isAuthorized() method.'));
+			}
+			$this->_controller = $controller;
+			return true;
+		}
+		return $this->_controller;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/auth/controller_authorize.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/auth/controller_authorize.test.php
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+<?php
+
+App::import('Component', 'auth/controller_authorize');
+App::import('Core', 'CakeRequest');
+App::import('Core', 'Controller');
+
+class ControllerAuthorizeTest extends CakeTestCase {
+
+/**
+ * setup
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function setUp() {
+		parent::setUp();
+		$this->controller = $this->getMock('Controller', array('isAuthorized'), array(), '', false);
+		$this->auth = new ControllerAuthorize($this->controller);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @expectedException CakeException
+ */
+	function testControllerTypeError() {
+		$this->auth->controller(new StdClass());
+	}
+
+/**
+ * @expectedException CakeException
+ */
+	function testControllerErrorOnMissingMethod() {
+		$this->auth->controller(new Controller());
+	}
+
+/**
+ * test failure
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testAuthorizeFailure() {
+		$user = array();
+		$request = new CakeRequest('/posts/index', false);
+		$this->assertFalse($this->auth->authorize($user, $request));
+	}
+
+/**
+ * test isAuthorized working.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testAuthorizeSuccess() {
+		$user = array('User' => array('username' => 'mark'));
+		$request = new CakeRequest('/posts/index', false);
+		
+		$this->controller->expects($this->once())
+			->method('isAuthorized')
+			->with($user)
+			->will($this->returnValue(true));
+
+		$this->assertTrue($this->auth->authorize($user, $request));
+	}
+}