I'm pleased to announce the release of Spring Security Java Configuration as a stand alone module. The milestone is compatible with Spring 3.2.3.RELEASE+ and Spring Security 3.1.4.RELEASE. This code has been merged into Spring Security 3.2.0.M2 release and will be maintained within the Spring Security code base going forward. We hope that by making the release available for stable versions of Spring and Spring Security it will encourage you to try it sooner and provide us feedback before the final release. Stay tuned to the SpringSource blog for an article that walks you through how to use…

I'd like to congratulate Vladimír Schäfer on the release of Spring Security SAML 1.0.0.RC2. Please use the links below for additional details. Site | Download | Reference | Javadoc

[callout title=Associating SecurityContext to Callable's] More technically speaking, Spring Security integrates with WebAsyncManager. The SecurityContext that is used to process the Callable is the SecurityContext that exists on the SecurityContextHolder at the time startCallableProcessing is invoked. [/callout]

The highlights of this release include: