Problem with SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication()

[Alejandro Barrero]

I create an aplication STS from "http://websystique.com/springmvc/spring-mvc-4-and-spring-security-4-integration-example/" which acesses the database diectly from Hibernate. The pmo uses:

	<properties>
		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
		<springframework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</springframework.version>
		<springsecurity.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</springsecurity.version>
		<hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
		<mysql.connector.version>5.1.31</mysql.connector.version>
	</properties>

I was requested to change the application to use Spring Data with JPA in Inlellij Idea using Gradle; the problem I am having is that the controller has among other methods:

	@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.GET)
	public String loginPage() {
		if (isCurrentAuthenticationAnonymous()) {
			return "login";
	    } else {
	    	return "redirect:/list";  
	    }
	}
	private boolean isCurrentAuthenticationAnonymous() {
	    final Authentication authentication = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
	    return authenticationTrustResolver.isAnonymous(authentication);
	}

The problem is that SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication(); is giving me a null value, although it works fine in STS, and I have not been able to determine what is the problem.