Time for action – configuring ContentNegotiatingViewResolver

ContentNegotiatingViewResolver does not resolve views itself but delegates them to other view resolvers based on the request. Now, let's add the content negotiation capability to our application:

1. Open pom.xml; you can find pom.xml under the project root directory itself.

2. You will be able to see some tabs at the bottom of pom.xml file. Select the Dependencies tab and click on the Add button of the Dependencies section.

3. A Select Dependency window will appear; enter Group Id as org.springframework, Artifact Id as spring-oxm, Version as 4.0.3.RELEASE; select Scope as compile; and then click on the OK button.

4. Similarly, add one more dependency Group Id as org.codehaus.jackson, Artifact Id as jackson-mapper-asl, Version as 1.9.10, and select Scope as compile. Then, click on the OK button and save pom.xml.

5. Add the bean configuration for ContentNegotiatingViewResolver in our web application's context configuration file, DispatcherServlet-context...