# GUARDS_METADATA

**Kind:** Constant

**Source:** [`packages/common/constants.ts`](https://github.com/nestjs/nest/blob/master/packages/common/constants.ts#L23)

**Part of:** [Common](subsystem-packages-common)

## Definition

```ts
'__guards__'
```

## Value

```ts
'__guards__'
```

## Used by

2 references from 2 files. Each is a place in this repository where the symbol is actually used — go read one rather than trusting an example.

### Imported by (2)

- `GuardsContextCreator` — `packages/core/guards/guards-context-creator.ts`:12
- `DependenciesScanner` — `packages/core/scanner.ts`:75