From d5f986f73370729bc3d0d3caf02c46c1c77fa62d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Cummings <3627351+jzheaux@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:19:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate createMvcMatchers

Issue gh-16631
---
 .../config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java
index 4b9db8bd49..ba0a291653 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry<C> {
 	 * @param method the HTTP method to use or null if any should be used
 	 * @param mvcPatterns the Spring MVC patterns to match on
 	 * @return a List of {@link MvcRequestMatcher} instances
+	 * @deprecated Please use
+	 * {@link org.springframework.security.web.servlet.util.matcher.PathPatternRequestMatcher.Builder}
+	 * instead
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	protected final List<MvcRequestMatcher> createMvcMatchers(HttpMethod method, String... mvcPatterns) {
 		Assert.state(!this.anyRequestConfigured, "Can't configure mvcMatchers after anyRequest");
 		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(ObjectPostProcessor.class, Object.class);