How to configure and enable Spring Data REST using XML?

Question

I guess I'm old school, but I prefer XML configuration over JavaConfig.

How do I correctly configure Spring Data REST using Maven and only XML Spring configuration files?

I have a simple app up and running with Postgres, Hibernate, a Spring Data JPA repository, and a Spring MVC controller.

Answer 1

If using spring-data-rest-webmvc version 1.1.0.M1...

in applicationContext.xml, you need:

<jpa:repositories base-package="my.packagename.repository"/>

and in web.xml, you need:

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>rest</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryRestDispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>rest</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

SDR 1.1.0.M1 seems to require:

spring-data-jpa 1.3.5.RELEASE
spring-webmvc 3.2.7.RELEASE
spring-hateoas 0.8.0.RELEASE