Package javax.servlet.annotation

Annotation Type ServletSecurity

@Inherited
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface ServletSecurity

Declare this annotation on a Servlet implementation class to enforce security constraints on HTTP protocol requests.
The container applies constraints to the URL patterns mapped to each Servlet which declares this annotation.

Since:

Servlet 3.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static enum	ServletSecurity.EmptyRoleSemantic	Represents the two possible values of the empty role semantic, active when a list of role names is empty.
static enum	ServletSecurity.TransportGuarantee	Represents the two possible values of data transport, encrypted or not.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
HttpMethodConstraint[]	httpMethodConstraints	An array of HttpMethodConstraint objects to which the security constraint will be applied
HttpConstraint	value	The default constraint to apply to requests not handled by specific method constraints

Element Details

value

HttpConstraint value

The default constraint to apply to requests not handled by specific method constraints

Returns:

http constraint

Default:

@javax.servlet.annotation.HttpConstraint

httpMethodConstraints

HttpMethodConstraint[] httpMethodConstraints

An array of HttpMethodConstraint objects to which the security constraint will be applied

Returns:

array of http method constraint

Default:

{}