Deprecate WebAuthnAuthenticationFilter.setConverter(GenericHttpMessageConverter)

This makes sense given that Framework's new Jackson support is a
SmartHttpMessageConverter. Additionally,
GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter is now package private to encapsulate
it.

Issue gh-18073

web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/http/GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter.java

@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2004-present 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.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.security.web.http;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
-
-import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
-import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
-import org.springframework.http.converter.GenericHttpMessageConverter;
-import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
-import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException;
-import org.springframework.http.converter.SmartHttpMessageConverter;
-
-/**
- * {@link GenericHttpMessageConverter} implementation that delegates to a
- * {@link SmartHttpMessageConverter}.
- *
- * @param <T> the converted object type
- * @author Sebastien Deleuze
- * @since 7.0
- */
-public class GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter<T> implements GenericHttpMessageConverter<T> {
-
-	private final SmartHttpMessageConverter<T> smartConverter;
-
-	public GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter(SmartHttpMessageConverter<T> smartConverter) {
-		this.smartConverter = smartConverter;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean canRead(Type type, @Nullable Class<?> contextClass, @Nullable MediaType mediaType) {
-		return this.smartConverter.canRead(ResolvableType.forType(type), mediaType);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public T read(Type type, @Nullable Class<?> contextClass, HttpInputMessage inputMessage)
-			throws IOException, HttpMessageNotReadableException {
-		return this.smartConverter.read(ResolvableType.forType(type), inputMessage, null);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean canWrite(@Nullable Type type, Class<?> clazz, @Nullable MediaType mediaType) {
-		return this.smartConverter.canWrite(ResolvableType.forType(type), clazz, mediaType);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void write(T t, @Nullable Type type, @Nullable MediaType contentType, HttpOutputMessage outputMessage)
-			throws IOException, HttpMessageNotWritableException {
-		this.smartConverter.write(t, ResolvableType.forType(type), contentType, outputMessage, null);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean canRead(Class<?> clazz, @Nullable MediaType mediaType) {
-		return this.smartConverter.canRead(ResolvableType.forClass(clazz), mediaType);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean canWrite(Class<?> clazz, @Nullable MediaType mediaType) {
-		return this.smartConverter.canWrite(clazz, mediaType);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public List<MediaType> getSupportedMediaTypes() {
-		return this.smartConverter.getSupportedMediaTypes();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public T read(Class<? extends T> clazz, HttpInputMessage inputMessage)
-			throws IOException, HttpMessageNotReadableException {
-		return this.smartConverter.read(clazz, inputMessage);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void write(T t, @Nullable MediaType contentType, HttpOutputMessage outputMessage)
-			throws IOException, HttpMessageNotWritableException {
-		this.smartConverter.write(t, contentType, outputMessage);
-	}
-
-}

webauthn/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/webauthn/authentication/WebAuthnAuthenticationFilter.java

@@ -17,16 +17,25 @@
 package org.springframework.security.web.webauthn.authentication;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.AbstractSmartHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.GenericHttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.SmartHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.JacksonJsonHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpRequest;
@@ -38,7 +47,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationEntryPointF
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.HttpMessageConverterAuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.HttpStatusEntryPoint;
 import org.springframework.security.web.context.HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository;
-import org.springframework.security.web.http.GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.webauthn.api.AuthenticatorAssertionResponse;
 import org.springframework.security.web.webauthn.api.PublicKeyCredential;
 import org.springframework.security.web.webauthn.api.PublicKeyCredentialRequestOptions;
@@ -74,8 +82,8 @@ import static org.springframework.security.web.servlet.util.matcher.PathPatternR
  */
 public class WebAuthnAuthenticationFilter extends AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter {
 
-	private GenericHttpMessageConverter<Object> converter = new GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter<>(
-			new JacksonJsonHttpMessageConverter(JsonMapper.builder().addModule(new WebauthnJacksonModule()).build()));
+	private SmartHttpMessageConverter<Object> converter = new JacksonJsonHttpMessageConverter(
+			JsonMapper.builder().addModule(new WebauthnJacksonModule()).build());
 
 	private PublicKeyCredentialRequestOptionsRepository requestOptionsRepository = new HttpSessionPublicKeyCredentialRequestOptionsRepository();
 
@@ -96,7 +104,7 @@ public class WebAuthnAuthenticationFilter extends AbstractAuthenticationProcessi
 		PublicKeyCredential<AuthenticatorAssertionResponse> publicKeyCredential = null;
 		try {
 			publicKeyCredential = (PublicKeyCredential<AuthenticatorAssertionResponse>) this.converter
-				.read(resolvableType.getType(), getClass(), httpRequest);
+				.read(resolvableType, httpRequest, null);
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
 			throw new BadCredentialsException("Unable to authenticate the PublicKeyCredential", ex);
@@ -118,10 +126,12 @@ public class WebAuthnAuthenticationFilter extends AbstractAuthenticationProcessi
 	 * {@code PublicKeyCredential<AuthenticatorAssertionResponse>} to the response. The
 	 * default is @{code MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter}
 	 * @param converter the {@link GenericHttpMessageConverter} to use. Cannot be null.
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #setConverter(SmartHttpMessageConverter)}
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "7.0")
 	public void setConverter(GenericHttpMessageConverter<Object> converter) {
 		Assert.notNull(converter, "converter cannot be null");
-		this.converter = converter;
+		this.converter = new GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter<>(converter);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -133,7 +143,7 @@ public class WebAuthnAuthenticationFilter extends AbstractAuthenticationProcessi
 	 */
 	public void setConverter(SmartHttpMessageConverter<Object> converter) {
 		Assert.notNull(converter, "converter cannot be null");
-		this.converter = new GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter<>(converter);
+		this.converter = converter;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -147,4 +157,55 @@ public class WebAuthnAuthenticationFilter extends AbstractAuthenticationProcessi
 		this.requestOptionsRepository = requestOptionsRepository;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Adapts a {@link GenericHttpMessageConverter} to a
+	 * {@link SmartHttpMessageConverter}.
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> The type
+	 * @author Rob Winch
+	 * @since 7.0
+	 */
+	private static final class GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter<T> extends AbstractSmartHttpMessageConverter<T> {
+
+		private final GenericHttpMessageConverter<T> delegate;
+
+		private GenericHttpMessageConverterAdapter(GenericHttpMessageConverter<T> delegate) {
+			Assert.notNull(delegate, "delegate cannot be null");
+			this.delegate = delegate;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean canRead(Class<?> clazz, @Nullable MediaType mediaType) {
+			return this.delegate.canRead(clazz, mediaType);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean canWrite(Class<?> clazz, @Nullable MediaType mediaType) {
+			return this.delegate.canWrite(clazz, mediaType);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public List<MediaType> getSupportedMediaTypes() {
+			return this.delegate.getSupportedMediaTypes();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public List<MediaType> getSupportedMediaTypes(Class<?> clazz) {
+			return this.delegate.getSupportedMediaTypes(clazz);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void writeInternal(T t, ResolvableType type, HttpOutputMessage outputMessage,
+				@Nullable Map<String, Object> hints) throws IOException, HttpMessageNotWritableException {
+			this.delegate.write(t, null, outputMessage);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public T read(ResolvableType type, HttpInputMessage inputMessage, @Nullable Map<String, Object> hints)
+				throws IOException, HttpMessageNotReadableException {
+			return this.delegate.read(type.getType(), null, inputMessage);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }