☛ Setup Your Spring MVC Using XML Based Configuration example

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-mvc-xml-base-configuration</artifactId>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>spring-mvc-xml-base-configuration Maven Webapp</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
  <properties>
  	<springframework.version>5.2.2.RELEASE</springframework.version>
  	<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
  </properties>
  <dependencies>
		<dependency>
		    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
		    <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
		    <version></version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
		    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
		    <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
		    <version>4.0.1</version>
		</dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <finalName>spring-mvc-xml-base-configuration</finalName>
  </build>
</project>

web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd" 
id="WebApp_ID" 
version="3.1">
  <display-name>spring-mvc-xml-base-configuration</display-name>
	<!-- Configure Spring MVC Dispatcher Servlet -->
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>
	<!-- Set up URL mapping for Spring MVC Dispatcher Servlet -->
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

dispatcher-servlet.xml

<?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: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.xsd
    	http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
    	http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
    	http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">

	<!-- Add support for component scanning -->
	<context:component-scan base-package="com.code4devops" />

	<!-- Add support for conversion, formatting and validation support -->
	<mvc:annotation-driven/>

	<!-- Define Spring MVC view resolver -->
	<bean
		class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
		<property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/view/" />
		<property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
	</bean>

</beans>

HomeController.java

package com.code4devops;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;

@Controller
@RequestMapping( value = "home")
public class HomeController {
	
	@RequestMapping( value = "/" , method = RequestMethod.GET)
	public String getHome() {
		return "home";
	}
}

index.jsp

<%response.sendRedirect("home/");%>