src/org/jsecurity/web/config/WebConfiguration.java

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package org.jsecurity.web.config;

import org.jsecurity.config.Configuration;

import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;

/**
 * TODO - Class JavaDoc
 *
 * @author Les Hazlewood
 * @since Jun 1, 2008 11:13:32 PM
 */
public interface WebConfiguration extends Configuration {

    /**
     * Returns the filter chain that should be executed for the given request, or <code>null</code> if the
     * original chain should be used.
     *
     * <p>This method allows a Configuration implementation to define arbitrary security {@link Filter Filter}
     * chains for any given request or URL pattern.
     *
     * @param request       the incoming ServletRequest
     * @param response      the outgoing ServletResponse
     * @param originalChain the original <code>FilterChain</code> intercepted by the JSecurityFilter.
     * @return the filter chain that should be executed for the given request, or <code>null</code> if the
     *         original chain should be used.
     */
    FilterChain getChain(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain originalChain);
}