Remove RequestVariablesExtractor in favor of RequestMatcher#matcher

web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcher.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RequestMatcher;
-import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RequestVariablesExtractor;
 import org.springframework.util.AntPathMatcher;
 import org.springframework.util.PathMatcher;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerMappingIntrospector;
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@
  * @deprecated Please use {@link PathPatternRequestMatcher} instead
  */
 @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-public class MvcRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher, RequestVariablesExtractor {
+public class MvcRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher {
 
 	private final DefaultMatcher defaultMatcher = new DefaultMatcher();
 
@@ -79,12 +78,6 @@ public boolean matches(HttpServletRequest request) {
 		return matchResult != null;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	@Deprecated
-	public Map<String, String> extractUriTemplateVariables(HttpServletRequest request) {
-		return matcher(request).getVariables();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public MatchResult matcher(HttpServletRequest request) {
 		if (notMatchMethodOrServletPath(request)) {

web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/AntPathRequestMatcher.java

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  * @deprecated please use {@link PathPatternRequestMatcher} instead
  */
 @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-public final class AntPathRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher, RequestVariablesExtractor {
+public final class AntPathRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher {
 
 	private static final String MATCH_ALL = "/**";
 
@@ -194,12 +194,6 @@ public boolean matches(HttpServletRequest request) {
 		return this.matcher.matches(url);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	@Deprecated
-	public Map<String, String> extractUriTemplateVariables(HttpServletRequest request) {
-		return matcher(request).getVariables();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public MatchResult matcher(HttpServletRequest request) {
 		if (!matches(request)) {

web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcherTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.web.servlet.util.matcher;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
@@ -71,39 +69,6 @@ public void setup() {
 		this.matcher = new MvcRequestMatcher(this.introspector, "/path");
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void extractUriTemplateVariablesSuccess() throws Exception {
-		this.matcher = new MvcRequestMatcher(this.introspector, "/{p}");
-		given(this.introspector.getMatchableHandlerMapping(this.request)).willReturn(null);
-		assertThat(this.matcher.extractUriTemplateVariables(this.request)).containsEntry("p", "path");
-		assertThat(this.matcher.matcher(this.request).getVariables()).containsEntry("p", "path");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void extractUriTemplateVariablesFail() throws Exception {
-		given(this.result.extractUriTemplateVariables()).willReturn(Collections.<String, String>emptyMap());
-		given(this.introspector.getMatchableHandlerMapping(this.request)).willReturn(this.mapping);
-		given(this.mapping.match(eq(this.request), this.pattern.capture())).willReturn(this.result);
-		assertThat(this.matcher.extractUriTemplateVariables(this.request)).isEmpty();
-		assertThat(this.matcher.matcher(this.request).getVariables()).isEmpty();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void extractUriTemplateVariablesDefaultSuccess() throws Exception {
-		this.matcher = new MvcRequestMatcher(this.introspector, "/{p}");
-		given(this.introspector.getMatchableHandlerMapping(this.request)).willReturn(null);
-		assertThat(this.matcher.extractUriTemplateVariables(this.request)).containsEntry("p", "path");
-		assertThat(this.matcher.matcher(this.request).getVariables()).containsEntry("p", "path");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void extractUriTemplateVariablesDefaultFail() throws Exception {
-		this.matcher = new MvcRequestMatcher(this.introspector, "/nomatch/{p}");
-		given(this.introspector.getMatchableHandlerMapping(this.request)).willReturn(null);
-		assertThat(this.matcher.extractUriTemplateVariables(this.request)).isEmpty();
-		assertThat(this.matcher.matcher(this.request).getVariables()).isEmpty();
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void matchesServletPathTrue() throws Exception {
 		given(this.introspector.getMatchableHandlerMapping(this.request)).willReturn(this.mapping);

web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/AndRequestMatcherTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.