WebMvcConfigurationSupport

public class WebMvcConfigurationSupport
extends Object
implements ApplicationContextAware, ServletContextAware

This is the main class providing the configuration behind the MVC Java config. It is typically imported by adding  @EnableWebMvc to an application  @Configuration class. An alternative more advanced option is to extend directly from this class and override methods as necessary remembering to add  @Configuration to the subclass and  @Bean to overridden  @Bean methods. For more details see the Javadoc of  @EnableWebMvc.

This class registers the following HandlerMappings:

• RequestMappingHandlerMapping ordered at 0 for mapping requests to annotated controller methods.
• HandlerMapping ordered at 1 to map URL paths directly to view names.
• BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping ordered at 2 to map URL paths to controller bean names.
• HandlerMapping ordered at Integer.MAX_VALUE-1 to serve static resource requests.
• HandlerMapping ordered at Integer.MAX_VALUE to forward requests to the default servlet.

Registers these HandlerAdapters:

• RequestMappingHandlerAdapter for processing requests with annotated controller methods.
• HttpRequestHandlerAdapter for processing requests with HttpRequestHandlers.
• SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter for processing requests with interface-based Controllers.

Registers a HandlerExceptionResolverComposite with this chain of exception resolvers:

• ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver for handling exceptions through @ExceptionHandler methods.
• ResponseStatusExceptionResolver for exceptions annotated with @ResponseStatus.
• DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver for resolving known Spring exception types

Registers an AntPathMatcher and a UrlPathHelper to be used by:

• the RequestMappingHandlerMapping,
• the HandlerMapping for ViewControllers
• and the HandlerMapping for serving resources

Note that those beans can be configured with a  PathMatchConfigurer.

Both the RequestMappingHandlerAdapter and the ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver are configured with default instances of the following by default:

• a ContentNegotiationManager
• a DefaultFormattingConversionService
• a OptionalValidatorFactoryBean if a JSR-303 implementation is available on the classpath
• a range of HttpMessageConverters depending on the third-party libraries available on the classpath.

Since:

3.1