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 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.webapplication;

import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
import org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.common.J2EEEObject;
/**
 * The auth-constraint element indicates the user roles that should be permitted access to this resource collection. The role used here must appear in a security-role-ref element.
 * @since 1.0
 * @generated
 */
public interface AuthConstraint extends J2EEEObject {
	/**
	 * @generated This field/method will be replaced during code generation 
	 * @return The value of the Description attribute
	 * A description of the auth constraint.
	 */
	String getDescription();

	/**
	 * @generated This field/method will be replaced during code generation 
	 * @param value The new value of the Description attribute
	 */
	void setDescription(String value);

	/**
	 * @generated This field/method will be replaced during code generation 
	 * @return The value of the Roles attribute
	 * A list of role names for the auth constraint.  Each element specifies the name
	 * of a security role (a String).

	 */
	EList getRoles();

	/**
	 * @generated This field/method will be replaced during code generation 
	 * @return The SecConstraint reference
	 */
	SecurityConstraint getSecConstraint();

	/**
	 * @generated This field/method will be replaced during code generation 
	 * @param value the new value of the SecConstraint reference
	 */
	void setSecConstraint(SecurityConstraint value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Descriptions</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.common.Description}.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Descriptions</em>' containment reference list isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * @version J2EE1.4
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Descriptions</em>' containment reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.webapplication.WebapplicationPackage#getAuthConstraint_Descriptions()
	 * @model type="org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.common.Description" containment="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList getDescriptions();

}