application-servlet.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
	xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
	xmlns:security="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
	xmlns:ehcache="http://ehcache-spring-annotations.googlecode.com/svn/schema/ehcache-spring"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.1.xsd
		http://ehcache-spring-annotations.googlecode.com/svn/schema/ehcache-spring http://ehcache-spring-annotations.googlecode.com/svn/schema/ehcache-spring/ehcache-spring-1.2.xsd">

	<!-- Scans the classpath of this application for @Components to deploy as beans -->
	<context:component-scan base-package="com.spring.test" />	

	<!-- Load parameters files -->
	<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:/configuration/application.properties" />
	
	<!-- Configures the @Controller programming model -->
	<mvc:annotation-driven />

	<!-- Forwards requests to the "/" resource to the "welcome" view -->
	<mvc:view-controller path="/" view-name="index"/>

	<!-- Configures Handler Interceptors -->	
	<mvc:interceptors>
		<!-- Changes the locale when a 'locale' request parameter is sent; e.g. /?locale=de -->
		<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.LocaleChangeInterceptor" />
		<!-- Manage cache header expire date for static and restfull data -->
		<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.WebContentInterceptor" p:cacheSeconds="0" p:alwaysUseFullPath="true" >
		    <property name="cacheMappings">
		        <props>
		            <!-- cache should be for 1 month = 2592000 but -1 for tests-->
		            <prop key="/static/**">-1</prop>
		            <!-- don't set cache headers -->
		            <prop key="/api/**">-1</prop>
		        </props>
		    </property>
		</bean>
	</mvc:interceptors>

	<!-- Handles HTTP GET requests for /resources/** by efficiently serving up static resources in the ${webappRoot}/resources/ directory -->
	<mvc:resources mapping="/static/**" location="/static/" />

	<!-- Resolves view names to protected .jsp resources within the /WEB-INF/views directory -->
	<bean id="templateResolver" class="org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ServletContextTemplateResolver">
		<property name="order" value="0"/>
		<property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/"/>
		<property name="suffix" value=".html"/>
		<property name="templateMode" value="HTML5" />
	</bean>
	
	<bean id="templateEngine" class="org.thymeleaf.spring3.SpringTemplateEngine">
		<property name="templateResolver" ref="templateResolver" />
	</bean>
	
	<bean class="org.thymeleaf.spring3.view.ThymeleafViewResolver">
		<property name="templateEngine" ref="templateEngine" />
	</bean>

	<!-- Resolves view names json -->
	<bean id="ContentNegotiatingViewResolverId" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
		<property name="order" value="1"/>
		<property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="true" />
		<property name="mediaTypes">
		<map>
		  <entry key="json" value="application/json"/>
		</map>
		  </property>
		  <property name="viewResolvers">
			<list>
			  <bean id="BeanNameViewResolverId" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.BeanNameViewResolver"/>
			</list>
		  </property>
		  <property name="defaultViews">
			<list>
			  <bean id="MappingJacksonJsonViewId" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJacksonJsonView" />
			</list>
		 </property>
		 <property name="defaultContentType" value="application/json" />
		<property name="favorPathExtension" value="true" />
	</bean>

</beans>