Configure Spring Security to use custom UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter

Question

I have implemented my own LowerCaseUsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter that is just a subclass of UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.

But now my problem is, how to configure Spring security to use this filter.

Up to now I used:

<security:http auto-config="true" use-expressions="true">
    <security:form-login login-processing-url="/resources/j_spring_security_check" login-page="/login" authentication-failure-url="/login?login_error=t" />
    <security:logout logout-url="/resources/j_spring_security_logout" />

    <security:intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()" requires-channel="${cfma.security.channel}" />
</security:http>

Do I really to turn of auto-config and need to configure all the filters by hand? - If this is true, does anybody can provide an example please?

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The way to add simply a security:custom-filter:

<security:http ...>

   <security:form-login login-processing-url="/resources/j_spring_security_check" login-page="/login" authentication-failure-url="/login?login_error=t" />
   <security:custom-filter ref="lowerCaseUsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter" position="FORM_LOGIN_FILTER"/>
   ...
 </security:http>

does result in an exception with that message:

Configuration problem: Filter beans <lowerCaseUsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter> and 'Root bean: class [org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter]; scope=; abstract=false; lazyInit=false; autowireMode=0; dependencyCheck=0; autowireCandidate=true; primary=false; factoryBeanName=null; factoryMethodName=null; initMethodName=null; destroyMethodName=null' have the same 'order' value. When using custom filters, please make sure the positions do not conflict with default filters. Alternatively you can disable the default filters by removing the corresponding child elements from and avoiding the use of .

Answer 1

I have done it by writing the needed autoconfigured beans by hand. This is the result:

<!-- HTTP security configurations -->
<security:http auto-config="false" use-expressions="true" entry-point-ref="loginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint">

    <!--
    <security:form-login login-processing-url="/resources/j_spring_security_check" login-page="/login" authentication-failure-url="/login?login_error=t" />
        replaced by lowerCaseUsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter
        the custom-filter with position FORM_LOGIN_FILTER requries that auto-config is false!
     -->
    <security:custom-filter ref="lowerCaseUsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter" position="FORM_LOGIN_FILTER"/>
    <security:logout logout-url="/resources/j_spring_security_logout" />

    <security:intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()" />
</security:http>

<bean id="loginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint" class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint">
    <property name="loginFormUrl" value="/login"/>
</bean>

<bean id="lowerCaseUsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter"
    class="com.queomedia.cfma.infrastructure.security.LowerCaseUsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter">
    <property name="filterProcessesUrl" value="/resources/j_spring_security_check"/>
    <property name="authenticationManager" ref="authenticationManager"/>
    <property name="authenticationFailureHandler">
        <bean class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationFailureHandler">
            <property name="defaultFailureUrl" value="/login?login_error=t"/>       
        </bean>
    </property>
</bean>