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package io.vertx.ext.web.handler;

import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.Fluent;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.VertxGen;
import io.vertx.ext.web.handler.impl.ChainAuthHandlerImpl;

An auth handler that chains to a sequence of handlers.
Author:
Paulo Lopes/**
 * An auth handler that chains to a sequence of handlers.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:plopes@redhat.com">Paulo Lopes</a>
 */
@VertxGen
public interface ChainAuthHandler extends AuthenticationHandler {

  
Deprecated:
use any() instead./**
   * @deprecated use {@link #any()} instead.
   */
  @Deprecated
  static ChainAuthHandler create() {
    return any();
  }

  
Create a chain authentication handler that will assert that all handlers pass the verification.
Returns:
a new chain authentication handler/**
   * Create a chain authentication handler that will assert that all handlers pass the verification.
   * @return a new chain authentication handler
   */
  static ChainAuthHandler all() {
    return new ChainAuthHandlerImpl(true);
  }

  
Create a chain authentication handler that will assert that any handler passes the verification.
Returns:
a new chain authentication handler/**
   * Create a chain authentication handler that will assert that any handler passes the verification.
   * @return a new chain authentication handler
   */
  static ChainAuthHandler any() {
    return new ChainAuthHandlerImpl(false);
  }

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