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package io.vertx.ext.auth;

import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.Fluent;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.VertxGen;
import io.vertx.ext.auth.authentication.AuthenticationProvider;
import io.vertx.ext.auth.impl.ChainAuthImpl;

Chain several authentication providers as if they were one. This is useful for cases where one want to authenticate across
several providers, for example, database and fallback to passwd file.
/**
 * Chain several authentication providers as if they were one. This is useful for cases where one want to authenticate across
 * several providers, for example, database and fallback to passwd file.
 */
@VertxGen
public interface ChainAuth extends AuthenticationProvider {

  
Create a Chainable Auth Provider auth provider
Returns:
the auth provider/**
   * Create a Chainable Auth Provider auth provider
   *
   * @return the auth provider
   */
  @Deprecated
  static ChainAuth create() {
    return any();
  }

  
Create a Chainable Auth Provider auth provider that will resolve if all auth providers are successful.
Returns:
the auth provider/**
   * Create a Chainable Auth Provider auth provider that will resolve if all auth providers are successful.
   *
   * @return the auth provider
   */
  static ChainAuth all() {
    return new ChainAuthImpl(true);
  }

  
Create a Chainable Auth Provider auth provider that will resolve on the first success.
Returns:
the auth provider/**
   * Create a Chainable Auth Provider auth provider that will resolve on the first success.
   *
   * @return the auth provider
   */
  static ChainAuth any() {
    return new ChainAuthImpl(false);
  }

  
Appends a auth provider to the chain.
Params:
other – auth provider
Returns:
self/**
   * Appends a auth provider to the chain.
   *
   * @param other auth provider
   * @return self
   */
  @Fluent
  ChainAuth add(AuthenticationProvider other);
}