public class AuthInterceptor extends HandlerInterceptorAdapter {

        public boolean preHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handlerMethod) throws Exception {
                Log.info(AuthInterceptor.class, "preHandle");

                if ( !Auth.Config.ENABLED ) {
                        return Auth.Config.GRANT_ACCESS;
                }

                // =======
                Method method     = ((HandlerMethod) handlerMethod).getMethod();
                Class<?> clazz    = method.getDeclaringClass();
                String methodName = method.getName();
                // =======

                final Set<String> rules = new TreeSet<>();
                rules.add(Auth.ANYONE);

                HashMap<Class<? extends Authority>, Authority> loggedIn = Auth.getLoggedIn();

                // TODO
                // Basically here, what I want to do is use the methodName above, which is the action to be invoked after this filter,
                // and then match it against the rules defined below in the static block below.
                // "Anyone" have access to RootController.index() for instance.
                // The user can have more rules.
                // The problem here is they are being referenced using a String

                return Auth.Config.DENY_ACCESS;
        }

        public void postHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler, ModelAndView modelAndView) throws Exception {
        }

        public void afterCompletion(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler, Exception ex) throws Exception {

        }

        // Imagine this running once before the preHandle method above is called
        static {

        // This is where I would like to reference the methods in a statically typed manner
                Rule rule = Rule.get(Auth.ANYONE)
                        .allow(RootController.class, "index")
                        .allow(HomeController.class, "index")
                        .allow(ResourcesController.class, "publics");
        }

}