org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation

Annotation Type EnableWebMvc

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=TYPE)
 @Documented
 @Import(value=DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration.class)
public @interface EnableWebMvc

Adding this annotation to an @Configuration class imports the Spring MVC configuration from WebMvcConfigurationSupport, e.g.:

 @Configuration
 @EnableWebMvc
 @ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = { MyConfiguration.class })
 public class MyWebConfiguration {

 }
 

To customize the imported configuration, implement the interface WebMvcConfigurer or more likely extend the empty method base class WebMvcConfigurerAdapter and override individual methods, e.g.:

 @Configuration
 @EnableWebMvc
 @ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = { MyConfiguration.class })
 public class MyConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {

        @Override
        public void addFormatters(FormatterRegistry formatterRegistry) {
                formatterRegistry.addConverter(new MyConverter());
        }

        @Override
        public void configureMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) {
                converters.add(new MyHttpMessageConverter());
        }

        // More overridden methods ...
 }
 

If WebMvcConfigurer does not expose some advanced setting that needs to be configured, consider removing the @EnableWebMvc annotation and extending directly from WebMvcConfigurationSupport, e.g.:

 @Configuration
 @ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = { MyConfiguration.class })
 public class MyConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {

        @Override
        public void addFormatters(FormatterRegistry formatterRegistry) {
                formatterRegistry.addConverter(new MyConverter());
        }

        @Bean
        public RequestMappingHandlerAdapter requestMappingHandlerAdapter() {
                // Create or delegate to "super" to create and
                // customize properties of RequestMapingHandlerAdapter
        }
 }
 

Since:

3.1

Author:

Dave Syer, Rossen Stoyanchev

See Also:

WebMvcConfigurer, WebMvcConfigurerAdapter