Any secuirty

[MDDZ]

I am new to Spring framework, but I am thinking about using it to build
a web application. One of the requirements for the application is that
users are put into different groups and each group (eg. scheduling and
accounting) has access only to an authorized area in the application.

Does Spring already have a mechanism or an elegant solution
for addressing my question?

Thanks a lot!

[irbouho]

take a look at Acegi security system for Spring

HTH

[katentim]

Yes Spring has an elegant solution. If you want to implement it yourself look at this thread:
http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=10744

The elegance comes from using Spring's AOP to apply the checks.