Authenticated.java

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package com.mastfrog.acteur.preconditions;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Indicates that this endpoint requires authentication using whatever 
 * mechanism is configured (by default, HTTP Basic Auth - you should implement
 * and bind Authenticator to use it).
 *
 * @author Tim Boudreau
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Description("Requires authentication")
public @interface Authenticated {

    /**
     * Unused for basic auth, but may be by other authentication schemes
     *
     * @return Some parameter describing who can access this resource or
     * other information usefully passed to the authentication code
     */
    String value() default "default";
}