Spring Framework example source code file (petclinic-servlet.xml)

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The Spring Framework petclinic-servlet.xml source code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
	- DispatcherServlet application context for PetClinic's web tier.
-->
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
		xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
		xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
				http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-2.5.xsd">

	<!--
		- The controllers are autodetected POJOs labeled with the @Controller annotation.
	-->
	<context:component-scan base-package="org.springframework.samples.petclinic.web"/>

	<!--
		- The form-based controllers within this application provide @RequestMapping 
		- annotations at the type level for path mapping URLs and @RequestMapping 
		- at the method level for request type mappings (e.g., GET and POST). 
		- In contrast, ClinicController - which is not form-based - provides 
		- @RequestMapping only at the method level for path mapping URLs.
		-
		- DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping is driven by these annotations and is 
		- enabled by default with Java 5+.
	-->

	<!--
		- This bean processes annotated handler methods, applying PetClinic-specific PropertyEditors
		- for request parameter binding. It overrides the default AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.
	-->
	<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
		<property name="webBindingInitializer">
			<bean class="org.springframework.samples.petclinic.web.ClinicBindingInitializer"/>
		</property>
	</bean>

	<!--
		- This bean resolves specific types of exceptions to corresponding logical 
		- view names for error views. The default behaviour of DispatcherServlet 
		- is to propagate all exceptions to the servlet container: this will happen 
		- here with all other types of exceptions.
	-->
	<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleMappingExceptionResolver">
		<property name="exceptionMappings">
			<props>
				<prop key="org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException">dataAccessFailure
				<prop key="org.springframework.transaction.TransactionException">dataAccessFailure
			</props>
		</property>
	</bean>

	<!--
		- This bean configures the 'prefix' and 'suffix' properties of 
		- InternalResourceViewResolver, which resolves logical view names 
		- returned by Controllers. For example, a logical view name of "vets" 
		- will be mapped to "/WEB-INF/jsp/vets.jsp".
	-->
	<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver" p:prefix="/WEB-INF/jsp/"
			p:suffix=".jsp"/>

	<!--
		- Message source for this context, loaded from localized "messages_xx" files.
		- Could also reside in the root application context, as it is generic,
		- but is currently just used within PetClinic's web tier.
	-->
	<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource"
			p:basename="messages"/>

</beans>