@Path("/authenticate")
@RolesAllowed({"Admin","Guest"})
public class BasicAuthenticationSecurity {

@GET
@Path("/wbiPing")
@Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
@RolesAllowed("Admin")
public Response wbiPing(){

System.out.println("Pinged!!!");
return Response.ok("Pinged!!!").build();
}

}

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>jersey-serlvet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages</param-name>
        <param-value>
            com.security;
            com.exception
        </param-value>
    </init-param>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ResourceFilters</param-name>
        <param-value>com.sun.jersey.api.container.filter.RolesAllowedResourceFilterFactory</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>jersey-serlvet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<security-constraint>
  <web-resource-collection>
      <web-resource-name>BasicDemo</web-resource-name>
      <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
      <http-method>GET</http-method>
  </web-resource-collection>
  <auth-constraint>
      <role-name>Admin</role-name>
  </auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
  <login-config>
  <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
  <!-- The realm name is typically displayed by the browser in the login dialog box. -->
  <realm-name>Login</realm-name>
  </login-config>

import javax.annotation.security.RolesAllowed;

@DeclareRoles
@DenyAll
@PermitAll
@RolesAllowed
@RunAs

<dependency>
        <!-- Annotations for role management -->
        <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
        <artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
    </dependency>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <role rolename="editor"/>
  <role rolename="member"/>

  <user username="admin" password="qwerty" roles="editor,member"/>
  <user username="gavin" password="qwerty" roles="editor"/>
  <user username="julie" password="qwerty" roles="member"/>
</tomcat-users>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
    http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
    version="3.0">

</web-app>

package ph.activelearning.rest.security;

import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig;
import org.glassfish.jersey.server.filter.RolesAllowedDynamicFeature;

public class MyApplication extends ResourceConfig {
    public MyApplication() {
        super(TestResource.class);
        register(RolesAllowedDynamicFeature.class);
    }
}

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>Jersey Web Application</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name>
        <param-value>ph.activelearning.rest.security</param-value>
    </init-param>

    <init-param>
        <param-name>javax.ws.rs.Application</param-name>
        <param-value>ph.activelearning.rest.security.MyApplication</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<web-app …>
    <security-constraint>
        <web-resource-collection>
            <web-resource-name>test</web-resource-name>
            <url-pattern>/test/*</url-pattern>
        </web-resource-collection>
        <auth-constraint>
            <role-name>editor</role-name>
            <role-name>member</role-name>
        </auth-constraint>
    </security-constraint>
</web-app>

<web-app …>
    <login-config>
        <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
        <realm-name>test</realm-name>
    </login-config>
</web-app>

<web-app ...>
    <security-role>
         <description>This is editor</description>
         <role-name>editor</role-name>
    </security-role>

     <security-role>
         <description>This is member</description>
         <role-name>member</role-name>
    </security-role>
</web-app>

package ph.activelearning.rest.security;

import javax.annotation.security.PermitAll;
import javax.annotation.security.RolesAllowed;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.core.SecurityContext;

@Path("test")
@PermitAll
public class TestResource {

    @GET
    @Path("editor")
    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
    @RolesAllowed("editor")
    public String editorOnly() {
        return "Got to editor path!";
    }

    @GET
    @Path("member")
    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
    @RolesAllowed("member")
    public String memberOnly() {
        return "Got to member path!";
    }

    @GET
    @Path("open")
    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
    public String open(@Context SecurityContext context) {
        return "Open to all! - " + context.getUserPrincipal().getName();
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
    http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
    version="3.0">
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Jersey Web Application</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name>
            <param-value>ph.activelearning.rest.security</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <!-- Define the Application class where we enable security annotations -->
        <init-param>
            <param-name>javax.ws.rs.Application</param-name>
            <param-value>ph.activelearning.rest.security.MyApplication</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Jersey Web Application</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    <!-- Required even though we use annotations -->
    <security-constraint>
        <web-resource-collection>
            <web-resource-name>test</web-resource-name>
            <url-pattern>/test/*</url-pattern>
        </web-resource-collection>
        <auth-constraint>
            <role-name>editor</role-name>
            <role-name>member</role-name>
        </auth-constraint>
    </security-constraint>

    <login-config>
        <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
        <realm-name>test</realm-name>
    </login-config>

    <!-- Optional: Define security roles that are defined in your app server -->
    <!--
    <security-role>
        <description>This is editor</description>
        <role-name>editor</role-name>
    </security-role>

    <security-role>
        <description>This is member</description>
        <role-name>member</role-name>
    </security-role>
    -->

</web-app>