Java – use static variables in spring annotations

I am using spring's preauthorize annotation as follows:

@PreAuthorize("hasRole('role')");

However, I have defined 'role' as a static string of another class If I try to use this value:

@PreAuthorize("hasRole(OtherClass.ROLE)");

I received an error:

org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluationException: EL1008E:(pos 14): Field or property 'OtherClass' cannot be found on object of type 'org.springframework.security.access.expression.method.MethodSecurityExpressionRoot'

Is there any way to use preauthorize annotation to access such static variables?

Solution

Try using the following spring expression language to evaluate types:

@PreAuthorize("hasRole(T(fully.qualified.OtherClass).ROLE)");

Be sure to specify a fully qualified class name

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