Spring XML configuration example of setting up a Spring Data DomainClassConverter

mvc-config-fragment.xml

<mvc:annotation-driven conversion-service="conversionService" ignoreDefaultModelOnRedirect="true">
    <mvc:argument-resolvers>
        <bean class="org.springframework.data.web.PageableArgumentResolver"/>
    </mvc:argument-resolvers>
</mvc:annotation-driven>

<bean class="org.springframework.data.repository.support.DomainClassConverter">
    <constructor-arg ref="conversionService"/>
</bean>

<bean id="conversionService" class="org.springframework.format.support.FormattingConversionServiceFactoryBean"/>