DefaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler uses RoleHierarchy bean

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/WebSecurity.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.security.access.PermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.SecurityExpressionHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.access.hierarchicalroles.RoleHierarchy;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.SecurityBuilder;
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
  * @see WebSecurityConfiguration
  *
  * @author Rob Winch
+ * @author Evgeniy Cheban
  * @since 3.2
  */
 public final class WebSecurity extends
@@ -389,6 +391,11 @@ public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext)
 			throws BeansException {
 		this.defaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler
 				.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
+
+		try {
+			this.defaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler.setRoleHierarchy(applicationContext.getBean(RoleHierarchy.class));
+		} catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {}
+
 		try {
 			this.defaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler.setPermissionEvaluator(applicationContext.getBean(
 					PermissionEvaluator.class));

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurationTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import org.springframework.security.access.PermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.AbstractSecurityExpressionHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.SecurityExpressionHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.access.hierarchicalroles.RoleHierarchy;
+import org.springframework.security.access.hierarchicalroles.RoleHierarchyImpl;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationToken;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configuration.EnableGlobalAuthentication;
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@
  *
  * @author Rob Winch
  * @author Joe Grandja
+ * @author Evgeniy Cheban
  */
 public class WebSecurityConfigurationTests {
 	@Rule
@@ -290,6 +293,31 @@ protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void securityExpressionHandlerWhenRoleHierarchyBeanThenRoleHierarchyUsed() {
+		this.spring.register(WebSecurityExpressionHandlerRoleHierarchyBeanConfig.class).autowire();
+		TestingAuthenticationToken authentication = new TestingAuthenticationToken("user", "notused", "ROLE_ADMIN");
+		FilterInvocation invocation = new FilterInvocation(new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", ""),
+				new MockHttpServletResponse(), new MockFilterChain());
+
+		AbstractSecurityExpressionHandler handler = this.spring.getContext().getBean(AbstractSecurityExpressionHandler.class);
+		EvaluationContext evaluationContext = handler.createEvaluationContext(authentication, invocation);
+		Expression expression = handler.getExpressionParser()
+				.parseExpression("hasRole('ROLE_USER')");
+		boolean granted = expression.getValue(evaluationContext, Boolean.class);
+		assertThat(granted).isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@EnableWebSecurity
+	static class WebSecurityExpressionHandlerRoleHierarchyBeanConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+		@Bean
+		RoleHierarchy roleHierarchy() {
+			RoleHierarchyImpl roleHierarchy = new RoleHierarchyImpl();
+			roleHierarchy.setHierarchy("ROLE_ADMIN > ROLE_USER");
+			return roleHierarchy;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void securityExpressionHandlerWhenPermissionEvaluatorBeanThenPermissionEvaluatorUsed() {
 		this.spring.register(WebSecurityExpressionHandlerPermissionEvaluatorBeanConfig.class).autowire();