java-tutorials/spring-security-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xsi:schemaLocation="
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security 
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.1.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd">

	<http use-expressions="true">
		<intercept-url pattern="/login*" access="permitAll" />
		<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()" />

		<!-- <form-login login-page='/login.html' login-processing-url="/perform_login" 
			default-target-url="/homepage.html" authentication-failure-url="/login.html?error=true" -->
		<!-- always-use-default-target="true" /> -->

		<http-basic />

	</http>

	<authentication-manager>
		<authentication-provider ref="customAuthenticationProvider" />
	</authentication-manager>

</beans:beans>