<role-name>

When used inside <security-roles>, this tag lists a single role name which is used by the application.

When used inside <auth-constraint>, this tag lists a single role which is allowed access the area defined by the <security-constraint>.

See Also

• web.xml Reference Page - for a full example of a security constraint
• Security Realms - basic description of the elements required to implement authentication
• Metawerx Tomcat Realms Administrator - metawerx tool for JDBC-based authentication