Register Spring HandlerInterceptor Without WebMvcConfigurationSupport

Question

I\'m trying to register an instance of HandlerInterceptor in Spring using Java Config without extending WebMvcConfigurationSupport. I\'m c

Answer 1

Edit: This class has since been deprecated. See @bosco answer below for the Spring 5 equivalent.

Figured it out, the solution is to use, simply:

@Configuration
public class AnnotationSecurityConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {

    @Override
    public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
        registry.addInterceptor(new SecurityAnnotationHandlerInterceptor());
    }

}

In spring boot, all beans of type WebMvcConfigurer are automatically detected and can modify the MVC context.