* test/net/sf/acegisecurity/taglibs/authz/AuthorizeTagAttributeTests.java,

src/net/sf/acegisecurity/taglibs/authz/AuthorizeTag.java:
  Added three new tests to assert that whitespace is ignored in the
  attribute's content.

core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/taglibs/authz/AuthorizeTag.java

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class AuthorizeTag extends TagSupport {
 
         while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
             String role = tokenizer.nextToken();
-            requiredAuthorities.add(new GrantedAuthorityImpl(role));
+            requiredAuthorities.add(new GrantedAuthorityImpl(role.trim()));
         }
 
         return requiredAuthorities;