@Controller
@RequestMapping("/*")
public class HomeController {
private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HomeController.class);

private static final String USERS = "/users";
private static final String USER = USERS+"/{userId:.*}";

    @RequestMapping(value=USER, method=RequestMethod.GET)
    @Secured(value = {"ROLE_ADMIN"})
    public @ResponseBody User signin(@PathVariable String userId) {
        logger.info("GET users/"+userId+" received");
        User user= service.getUser(userId);
        if(user==null)
                throw new ResourceNotFoundException();
        return user;
    }
}

<http auto-config='true'>
    <intercept-url pattern="/**" access="ROLE_USER"/>
</http>

<global-method-security secured-annotations="enabled" />

<authentication-manager>
    <authentication-provider>
        <user-service>
            <user name="admin@somedomain.com" password="admin"
                authorities="ROLE_USER, ROLE_ADMIN" />
            <user name="user@somedomain.com" password="pswd"
                authorities="ROLE_USER" />
        </user-service>
    </authentication-provider>
</authentication-manager>

<context:component-scan base-package="org.mypackage" />

<import resource="database/DataSource.xml"/>

<import resource="database/Hibernate.xml"/>

<import resource="beans-context.xml"/>

<import resource="security-context.xml"/>

<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />

<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
    <beans:property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/" />
    <beans:property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
</beans:bean>

<beans:import resource="controllers.xml" />

<context:component-scan base-package="org.mose.emergencyalert.controllers" />

<beans:bean id="multipartResolver" class="org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver" />

<beans:bean id="homeController" class="org.mose.emergencyalert.controllers.HomeController"/>

<annotation-driven />

<security:global-method-security secured-annotations="enabled"/>

<resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />

<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
    <beans:property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/" />
    <beans:property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
</beans:bean>