Setting up Spring Application Specifying Application Context using XML Part 3

Setting up Spring Application Specifying Application Context using XML Part 3

Part 1 :Setting up a Maven Project on Eclipse in Linux Ubuntu Part 1

Part 2:Setup Spring Boot in Maven Project in Eclipse Part 2

The Web.xml file remains same

If getting error or re-compiling that wrong version of JDK ,has been specified correct it by explicitly in pom.xml

1. Add and XML file

Now name the application “application-context.xml”

Add the following XML content to the file

• The Second beans is for the messageController object
• The name of the bean is “/” this is the only controller that handles the root mapping of the application
• The third bean maps to the messageDisplayController
• No Change in MessageDisplayController.java

2. Change in WebServletConfiguration

This is what the new code will look like

• Since the specification is XML based specification we instantiate an XML based context class to load the config from the XML file we made
• It will read the XML file and setup the configuration according to the XML config.

3. Run Application

• Stop tomcat
• Clean server
• Clean Eclipse Cache
• Maven Build
• Run as » run on server

Reference

• Original Medium article