overriding json serialization from VRaptor to cope with dates

CustomJSONSerialization.java

import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.DateConverter;
@Component    
public class CustomJSONSerialization extends XStreamJSONSerialization {   
      
    public CustomJSONSerialization(HttpServletResponse response,TypeNameExtractor extractor, ProxyInitializer initializer) {  
        super(response, extractor, initializer);  
    }  
       
    @Override  
    public XStream getXStream() {  
        XStream xstream = super.getXStream();  
        xstream.registerConverter(new DateConverter("dd/MM/yyyy", new String[0]));  
        return xstream;  
    }  
  
}