If <mvc:annotation-driven /> included, the following config is not necessary.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:security="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.2.xsd">
<context:component-scan base-package="com.rockylearningcs" />
<context:annotation-config />
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<bean
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
<property name="messageConverters">
<list>
<ref bean="jsonConverter" />
<ref bean="marshallingConverter" />
<ref bean="atomConverter" />
</list>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="jsonConverter"
class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter">
<property name="supportedMediaTypes" value="application/json" />
</bean>
<bean id="marshallingConverter"
class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter">
<constructor-arg ref="jaxbMarshaller" />
<property name="supportedMediaTypes" value="application/xml" />
</bean>
<bean id="jaxbMarshaller" class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller">
<property name="classesToBeBound">
<list>
<value>com.rockylearningcs.model.A</value>
<value>com.rockylearningcs.model.AList</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="atomConverter"
class="org.springframework.http.converter.feed.AtomFeedHttpMessageConverter">
<property name="supportedMediaTypes" value="application/atom+xml" />
</bean>
</beans>
Reference:
[0] http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wa-restful/