ecurity.enterprise">AuthenticationException</a></span></div>
<div class="block">Authenticate an HTTP request.

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 This method is called in response to an HTTP client request for a resource, and is always invoked
 <strong>before</strong> any <a href="../../../../../servlet/Filter.html" title="interface in jakarta.servlet"><code>Filter</code></a> or <a href="../../../../../servlet/http/HttpServlet.html" title="class in jakarta.servlet.http"><code>HttpServlet</code></a>. Additionally this method is called
 