GrailsWebRequestFilter needs to be registered directly because it is ApplicationContextAware

Author: codeconsole

grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersAutoConfiguration.java

@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ public FilterRegistrationBean<Filter> hiddenHttpMethodFilter() {
 
     @Bean
     @ConditionalOnMissingBean(GrailsWebRequestFilter.class)
-    public FilterRegistrationBean<Filter> grailsWebRequestFilter() {
-        FilterRegistrationBean<Filter> registrationBean = new FilterRegistrationBean<>();
+    public GrailsWebRequestFilter grailsWebRequestFilter() {
+        return new GrailsWebRequestFilter();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public FilterRegistrationBean<GrailsWebRequestFilter> grailsWebRequestFilterRegistration(GrailsWebRequestFilter grailsWebRequestFilter) {
+        FilterRegistrationBean<GrailsWebRequestFilter> registrationBean = new FilterRegistrationBean<>();
         registrationBean.setFilter(new GrailsWebRequestFilter());
         registrationBean.setDispatcherTypes(EnumSet.of(
                 DispatcherType.FORWARD,