Improving phpdoc on AuthenticationEntryPointInterface so people that implement this understand it

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Ryan Weaver 2015-05-17 14:21:37 -04:00
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@ -16,15 +16,25 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response; use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
/** /**
* AuthenticationEntryPointInterface is the interface used to start the * Implement this interface for any classes that will be called to "start"
* authentication scheme. * the authentication process (see method for more details).
* *
* @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com> * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
*/ */
interface AuthenticationEntryPointInterface interface AuthenticationEntryPointInterface
{ {
/** /**
* Starts the authentication scheme. * Returns a response that directs the user to authenticate
*
* This is called when an anonymous request accesses a resource that
* requires authentication. The job of this method is to return some
* response that "helps" the user start into the authentication process.
*
* Examples:
* A) For a form login, you might redirect to the login page
* return new Response('/login');
* B) For an API token authentication system, you return a 401 response
* return new Response('Auth header required', 401);
* *
* @param Request $request The request that resulted in an AuthenticationException * @param Request $request The request that resulted in an AuthenticationException
* @param AuthenticationException $authException The exception that started the authentication process * @param AuthenticationException $authException The exception that started the authentication process