Grails Spring Security get assigned roles to a method -

i have test goes through methods available in controller , retrieves roles associated these methods. understand should functional test (as opposed unit test), still not know how request list of roles associated method. let's have controller:

@secured("hasanyrole('role_1')" class mycontroller {     def methoda() {}      @secured("hasanyrole('role_2')"     def methodb() {}  } 

in test have this:

assertequals(['role_1'],getroles(mycontroller.class, "methoda")) assertequals(['role_1', 'role_2'],getroles(mycontroller.class, "methodb")) 

any suggestions? thanks.

you can reflection api. like:

method m = mycontroller.class.getmethod("methodb"); annotation[] annos = m.getannotations(); 

don't think that's validation method, since ensure write role name correctly. think it's better try call action , check if process redirect denied.

@testfor(mycontroller) class mycontrollertests {   @test   void shouldredirecttodenied() {     springsecurityutils.dowithauth('username') {       controller.methodb()       assert controller.response.redirectedurl == '/login/denied'     }   } } 

the dowithauth closure mock authentication username, it's same say: "do code if username logged in successfully".

it seems need use functional tests indeed. see burt's comment. i'm still think that's not valid effort create test validate if method have annotation.