Conversion-service class in spring

Question

I have a class called ApplicationConversionServiceFactoryBean which is configured inside webmvc-config.xml as conversion-service:

ApplicationConversionServiceFactoryBean

@RooConversionService
public class ApplicationConversionServiceFactoryBean extends FormattingConversionServiceFactoryBean {

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    @Override
    protected void installFormatters(FormatterRegistry registry) {
        super.installFormatters(registry);
        // Register application converters and formatters
    }

}

part of webmvc-config.xml

<mvc:annotation-driven  conversion-service="applicationConversionService"/> 
<bean class="com.palak.uauth.web.ApplicationConversionServiceFactoryBean" id="applicationConversionService"/>

I have Eclipse Birt integrated with my application which forces me to remove that <mvc annotaion-driven /> line.

So what do i do to register my conversion-service by any other way,so that, i dont have that mvc annotaion tag anymore?

Answer 1

I'd suggest solving the root cause, i.e. BIRT fighting with your XML namespaces. Either check what the exact namespace error is and address that, or alternatively, configure Spring MVC using an @Configuration class with an @EnableWebMvc annotation.

You can easily mix XML and Java configuration, you simply need to component scan your @Configuration class in your XML files.

Answer 2

Its working..This is what i did..

made new class called MyMvcConvertor

MyMvcConvertor.java

@Configuration
@EnableWebMvc
@ComponentScan({"com.palak.uauth.web"})
public class MyMvcConvertor extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport{

    @Bean
    public FormattingConversionService mvcConversionService() {
        FormattingConversionService conversionService = new ApplicationConversionServiceFactoryBean().getObject();
        addFormatters(conversionService);
        return conversionService;
    }

}

define new bean def inside webmvc-config.xml

<bean class="com.palak.uauth.web.MyMvcConvertor" id="applicationConversionService"/>