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Spring Security 5.4 introduces the ability to configure HttpSecurity by creating a SecurityFilterChain bean

org.openrewrite.java.spring.security5.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter

The Spring Security WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter was deprecated 5.7, this recipe will transform WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter classes by using a component based approach. Check out the spring-security-without-the-websecurityconfigureradapter blog for more details.

Recipe source

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

This recipe is available under the Moderne Source Available License.

Example

Before
package com.example.websecuritydemo;

import static org.springframework.security.config.Customizer.withDefaults;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;

@Configuration
public class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {

@Override
protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
http
.authorizeHttpRequests((authz) -> authz
.anyRequest().authenticated()
)
.httpBasic(withDefaults());
}

void someMethod() {}

}
After
package com.example.websecuritydemo;

import static org.springframework.security.config.Customizer.withDefaults;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;

@Configuration
public class SecurityConfiguration {

@Bean
SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
http
.authorizeHttpRequests((authz) -> authz
.anyRequest().authenticated()
)
.httpBasic(withDefaults());
return http.build();
}

void someMethod() {}

}

Usage

This recipe has no required configuration options. It can be activated by adding a dependency on org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-spring in your build file or by running a shell command (in which case no build changes are needed):

  1. Add the following to your build.gradle file:
build.gradle
plugins {
id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("7.6.1")
}

rewrite {
activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.java.spring.security5.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter")
setExportDatatables(true)
}

repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
rewrite("org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-spring:6.7.0")
}
  1. Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

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Data Tables

Source files that had results

org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults

Source files that were modified by the recipe run.

Column NameDescription
Source path before the runThe source path of the file before the run. null when a source file was created during the run.
Source path after the runA recipe may modify the source path. This is the path after the run. null when a source file was deleted during the run.
Parent of the recipe that made changesIn a hierarchical recipe, the parent of the recipe that made a change. Empty if this is the root of a hierarchy or if the recipe is not hierarchical at all.
Recipe that made changesThe specific recipe that made a change.
Estimated time savingAn estimated effort that a developer to fix manually instead of using this recipe, in unit of seconds.
CycleThe recipe cycle in which the change was made.

Contributors

Alex Boyko, Kun Li, Knut Wannheden, Jacob van Lingen, Jonathan Schnéider, Patrick Way, Sam Snyder, Patrick, Nick McKinney, Tim te Beek, Simon Verhoeven, Josh Soref