Spring MVC Application Initializer

SpringMvcApplicationInitializer.java

package com.inflinx.springmvc.config;

import javax.servlet.Filter;

import org.sitemesh.config.ConfigurableSiteMeshFilter;
import org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter;
import org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer;

public class SpringMvcApplicationInitializer extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer {

	@Override
	protected Class<?>[] getRootConfigClasses() {
		return null;
	}

	@Override
	protected Class<?>[] getServletConfigClasses() {
		return new Class[] {WebConfig.class};
	}

	@Override
	protected String[] getServletMappings() {
		return new String[] { "/" };
	}

	protected Filter[] getServletFilters() {
		
		CharacterEncodingFilter characterEncodingFilter = new CharacterEncodingFilter();
        characterEncodingFilter.setEncoding("UTF-8");
		
        return new Filter[] { new HiddenHttpMethodFilter(), characterEncodingFilter, new ConfigurableSiteMeshFilter() };
    }
	
}