How to check “hasRole” in Java Code with Spring Security?

Question

How to check user authority or permission in Java Code ? For example - I want to show or hide button for user depending on role. There are annotations like:

Answer 1

you can use the isUserInRole method of the HttpServletRequest object.

something like:

public String createForm(HttpSession session, HttpServletRequest request,  ModelMap   modelMap) {


    if (request.isUserInRole("ROLE_ADMIN")) {
        // code here
    }
}