This should work:
@Configuration
@ComponentScan(basePackages="specifyappropriately", includeFilters=@Filter(type=FilterType.ANNOTATION, value=Controller.class))
public class MvcConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {
@Bean
public FormattingConversionService mvcConversionService() {
FormattingConversionService conversionService = new ApplicationConversionServiceFactoryBean().getObject();
addFormatters(conversionService);
return conversionService;
}
public Validator getValidator() {
return ...;
}
}