advanced~2h
Method-Level Security
URL-level authorization stops at the controller. This chapter is @PreAuthorize, @PostAuthorize, and filtering collections — enforcing rules at the exact method (or even list-of-results) level.
Learning objectives
- Beginner: Explain why URL-level security alone isn't always enough for a given endpoint.
- Intermediate: Apply @PreAuthorize and @PostAuthorize correctly to service methods.
- Advanced: Diagnose why a @PreAuthorize check gets silently skipped when called from another method in the same class.
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Method-Level Security