diff --git a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/AuthorizeRead.java b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/AuthorizeRead.java
index b2a4257fc..7440ca081 100644
--- a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/AuthorizeRead.java
+++ b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/AuthorizeRead.java
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
 
 @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@PreAuthorize(value = "hasAuthority('{value}:read')")
+@PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('{value}:read')")
 @HandleAuthorizationDenied(handlerClass = Null.class)
 public @interface AuthorizeRead {
+
 	String value();
+
 }
diff --git a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/DataApplication.java b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/DataApplication.java
index 9ff92528d..5c4193980 100644
--- a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/DataApplication.java
+++ b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/DataApplication.java
@@ -49,17 +49,16 @@ static PrePostTemplateDefaults templateDefaults() {
 	@Bean
 	public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
 		return new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(
-			User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
-				.username("rob")
-				.password("password")
-				.authorities("message:read", "user:read")
-				.build(),
-			User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
-				.username("luke")
-				.password("password")
-				.authorities("message:read")
-				.build()
-		);
+				User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
+					.username("rob")
+					.password("password")
+					.authorities("message:read", "user:read")
+					.build(),
+				User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
+					.username("luke")
+					.password("password")
+					.authorities("message:read")
+					.build());
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
diff --git a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/MessageController.java b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/MessageController.java
index 45b0f21b2..261c2b833 100644
--- a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/MessageController.java
+++ b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/MessageController.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 @RestController
 public class MessageController {
+
 	private final MessageRepository messages;
 
 	public MessageController(MessageRepository messages) {
diff --git a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/Null.java b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/Null.java
index bdb89469c..2455e95c3 100644
--- a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/Null.java
+++ b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/main/java/example/Null.java
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
 
 @Component
 public class Null implements MethodAuthorizationDeniedHandler {
+
 	@Override
 	public Object handleDeniedInvocation(MethodInvocation methodInvocation, AuthorizationResult authorizationResult) {
 		return null;
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/test/java/example/DataApplicationTests.java b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/test/java/example/DataApplicationTests.java
index cf4f6ba46..50e892deb 100644
--- a/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/test/java/example/DataApplicationTests.java
+++ b/servlet/spring-boot/java/data/src/test/java/example/DataApplicationTests.java
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.security.access.AccessDeniedException;
 import org.springframework.security.test.context.support.WithMockUser;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
 
 /**
  * @author Rob Winch
@@ -44,43 +41,44 @@ void findAllOnlyToCurrentUserCantReadMessage() {
 		List<Message> messages = this.repository.findAll();
 		assertThat(messages).hasSize(3);
 		for (Message message : messages) {
-			assertThatExceptionOfType(AccessDeniedException.class).isThrownBy(message::getSummary);
-			assertThatExceptionOfType(AccessDeniedException.class).isThrownBy(message::getText);
+			assertThat(message.getSummary()).isNull();
+			assertThat(message.getText()).isNull();
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@WithMockUser(username="rob", authorities="message:read")
+	@WithMockUser(username = "rob", authorities = "message:read")
 	void findAllOnlyToCurrentUserCanReadMessage() {
 		List<Message> messages = this.repository.findAll();
 		assertThat(messages).hasSize(3);
 		for (Message message : messages) {
-			assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(message::getSummary);
-			assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(message::getText);
+			assertThat(message.getSummary()).isNotNull();
+			assertThat(message.getText()).isNotNull();
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@WithMockUser(username="rob", authorities="message:read")
+	@WithMockUser(username = "rob", authorities = "message:read")
 	void findAllOnlyToCurrentUserCantReadUserDetails() {
 		List<Message> messages = this.repository.findAll();
 		assertThat(messages).hasSize(3);
 		for (Message message : messages) {
 			User user = message.getTo();
-			assertThatExceptionOfType(AccessDeniedException.class).isThrownBy(user::getFirstName);
-			assertThatExceptionOfType(AccessDeniedException.class).isThrownBy(user::getLastName);
+			assertThat(user.getFirstName()).isNull();
+			assertThat(user.getLastName()).isNull();
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@WithMockUser(username="rob", authorities={ "message:read", "user:read" })
+	@WithMockUser(username = "rob", authorities = { "message:read", "user:read" })
 	void findAllOnlyToCurrentUserCanReadUserDetails() {
 		List<Message> messages = this.repository.findAll();
 		assertThat(messages).hasSize(3);
 		for (Message message : messages) {
 			User user = message.getTo();
-			assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(user::getFirstName);
-			assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(user::getLastName);
+			assertThat(user.getFirstName()).isNotNull();
+			assertThat(user.getLastName()).isNotNull();
 		}
 	}
+
 }