AuthField.java

/*
 * JSmart Framework - Java Web Development Framework
 * Copyright (c) 2015, Jeferson Albino da Silva, All rights reserved.
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
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*/

package com.jsmartframework.web.annotation;

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

/**
 * The {@link AuthField} annotation is used on a field attributes to indicate that
 * those fields are used to check if the client is authenticated.
 * <br>
 * Case {@link AuthBean} is of type request the fields annotated with this annotation
 * will be set as cookie otherwise it will remain on session.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
public @interface AuthField {

    /**
     * Specify the name of cookie to store the field value in case authentication
     * mechanism is of type of request.
     */
    String value();
}