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Deprecate Authorization Logic that uses FilterInvocation
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Description
We should deprecate authorization logic that uses FilterInvocation in favor of using RequestAuthorizationContext. A few examples:
SecurityExpressionHandler<FilterInvocation>in favor ofSecurityExpressionHandler<RequestAuthorizationContext>FilterInvocationExpressionRoot(might change toHttpServletRequestExpressionRoot) in favor ofWebSecurityExpressionRootDefaultWebSecurityExpressionHandlerin favor ofDefaultHttpSecurityExpressionHandler
Related gh-17673
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