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AuthFilter

A resource that implements HTTP negotiation among a set of variant resources.


Inherits

The AuthFilter class inherits from the following classes:


Attributes description

The AuthFilter defines the following attributes:


methods
semantics
The set of methods to protect against. When undefined, the filter will protected all HTTP method, otherwsie it will just protect against the given set of methods. Each method is given by its name (in upper case).
type
This attribute is a editable  StringArrayAttribute.
default value
This attribute is undefined by default (so the filter will protect all methods).


realm
semantics
The realm (aka database) to use to get users information. Jigsaw manages a catalog of realms, allowing you to define as many of them as needed. This attribute is a realm identifier, i.e it is the symbolic name under which the realms catalog knows about it.
When undefined, the filter will not run any authentication code.
type
This attribute is a editable  StringAttribute.
default value
This attribute is undefined by default.


Anselm Baird-Smith
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