What is the use of @EnableWebSecurity in spring

Question

As per spring docs

Add this annotation to an @Configuration class to have the Spring Security configuration defined in any WebSecurit

Answer 1

@EnableWebSecurity is used for spring security java configuration. Add this annotation with @configuration on top of your security java class that extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.

Override the configure(WebSecurity web) & configure(HttpSecurity http). This is the replacement of xml based configurations like and . This way you can limit requested urls coming from specific urls also enable form based log in.