Disable EnableGlobalMethodSecurity annotation

Question

Is there a way I can disable the global method security using the boolean securityEnabled from my config.properties? Any other approach?

@EnableWebSecurity 
@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(securedEnabled=true) 
@PropertySource("classpath:config.properties")  
public class SecurityConfig 
  extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {    

  @Value("${securityconfig.enabled}") 
  private boolean securityEnabled;

  ...

}

Answer 1

The easiest way to do this is:

• Extract method security to its own class
• Remove the securedEnabled attribute entirely
• Override the customMethodSecurityMetadataSource method and return the result based on the configured value.

For example:

@EnableWebSecurity
@Configuration
@PropertySource("classpath:config.properties")
public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    ...
}

@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity
@Configuration
public class MethodSecurityConfig extends GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration {

    @Value("${securityconfig.enabled}")
    private boolean securityEnabled;

    protected MethodSecurityMetadataSource customMethodSecurityMetadataSource() {
        return securityEnabled ? new SecuredAnnotationSecurityMetadataSource() : null;
    }    
}