Return HTTP Error 401 Code & Skip Filter Chains

Question

Using a custom Spring Security filter, I\'d like to return an HTTP 401 error code if the HTTP Header doesn\'t contain a particular key-value pair.

Example:

Answer 1

Just do as they say in the upper answer. "so setting the response status code and returning immediately" This is just type:

res.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);  
return;