Is it possible to add @Secured or @PreAuthorized annotations on an entire class

Question

It seems logical to secure an entire class of controllers rather than each method. Can I do this:

@Controller
@Secured("ROLE_USER")
public class accountPages {
   //Controllers
}

Answer 1

from Spring Security 3 - PACKT Publishing

Be aware that the method-level security annotations can also be applied at the class level as well! Method-level annotations, if supplied, will always override annotations specified at the class level