j_spring_security_check is not available - spring

Question

I upgraded Spring Security from 2 to 3
Previously Security.xml has AuthenticationProcessingFilter and AuthenticationProcessingFilterEntryPoint
So my new Security.xml is
<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.0.3.xsd">
<beans:bean id="userAuthenticationService"
class="com.raykor.core.service.UserAuthenticationService" />
<beans:bean id="shaEncoder"
class="org.springframework.security.authentication.encoding.ShaPasswordEncoder" />
<global-method-security />
<http auto-config="false" entry-point-ref="authenticationProcessingFilterEntryPoint">
<intercept-url pattern="/resettingPassword.do**" access="ROLE_ADMIN" />
<intercept-url pattern="/resetPassword.do**" access="ROLE_ADMIN" />
<logout logout-success-url="/index.jsp" invalidate-session="true" />
</http>
<authentication-manager alias="authenticationManager">
<authentication-provider user-service-ref="userAuthenticationService">
<password-encoder ref="shaEncoder">
<salt-source user-property="salt" />
</password-encoder>
</authentication-provider>
</authentication-manager>
<beans:bean id="authenticationFilter"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter">
<beans:property name="filterProcessesUrl" value="/j_spring_security_check" />
<beans:property name="authenticationManager" ref="authenticationManager" />
<beans:property name="authenticationFailureHandler"
ref="failureHandler" />
<beans:property name="authenticationSuccessHandler"
ref="successHandler" />
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean id="successHandler"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler">
<beans:property name="alwaysUseDefaultTargetUrl" value="false" />
<beans:property name="defaultTargetUrl" value="/home.do" />
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean id="failureHandler"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationFailureHandler">
<beans:property name="defaultFailureUrl" value="/login.do?error=true" />
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean id="authenticationProcessingFilterEntryPoint"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint">
<beans:property name="loginFormUrl" value="/login.do" />
<beans:property name="forceHttps" value="false" />
</beans:bean>
`
Also added filter springSecurityFilterChain in web.xml
On login.do it opens Login Page,On Submit it submits to j_spring_security_check with username and password as j_username & j_password
So why is it saying as j_spring_security_checknot avaliable

Answer 1

You instantiate a UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter, but it won't be part of the security filter chain just by creating it. Try removing the auto-config="false" from the http config element, and include a <form-login> element within that. I think all the configuration that you have done through the bean definitions can be done using the more concise namespace configuration which should be preferred with Spring Security 3.

Answer 2

I missed to add custom-filter ref i updated
as
<http auto-config="false" entry-point-ref="authenticationProcessingFilterEntryPoint">
<custom-filter position="FORM_LOGIN_FILTER" ref="authenticationFilter"/>
<intercept-url pattern="/resettingPassword.do**" access="ROLE_ADMIN" />
<intercept-url pattern="/resetPassword.do**" access="ROLE_ADMIN" />
<logout logout-success-url="/index.jsp" invalidate-session="true" />
</http>