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-package org.springframework.security.config;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
-import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
-import org.springframework.security.providers.ProviderManager;
-import org.springframework.security.providers.AuthenticationProvider;
-import org.springframework.security.vote.AffirmativeBased;
-import org.springframework.security.vote.RoleVoter;
-import org.springframework.security.vote.AuthenticatedVoter;
-import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-/**
- * @author Luke Taylor
- * @version $Id$
- */
-public class AutoConfigBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
-    public static final String DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGER_ID = "_accessManager";    
-
-    public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
-        BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
-
-        RootBeanDefinition accessManager = new RootBeanDefinition(AffirmativeBased.class);
-
-        accessManager.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("decisionVoters",
-                        Arrays.asList(new Object[] {new RoleVoter(), new AuthenticatedVoter()}));
-
-        registry.registerBeanDefinition(DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGER_ID, accessManager);
-        return null;
-    }
-}