RESTful webservice with Spring

Constellation.java

public class Constellation{
  ...
  @XStreamOmmitField
  private byte[] starCardData;
}

Constellation1.java

public class Constellation{
...

@XStreamImplicit(itemFiledName = "names")
private List<ConstellationName> names;
}

ConstellationController.java

@Controller
public class ConstellationServiceController {

	@Inject
	private ConstellationService service;

	@RequestMapping(value = "/constellations")
	public ModelAndView getAllConstellations() {
		List<Constellation> constellations = service.findAllConstellations();
		ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("xmlView",
				BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX + "constellations",
				constellations);
		return mav;
	}

	@RequestMapping("/constellation_by_code/{code}")
	public ModelAndView findConstellationByCode(@PathVariable String code) {
		Constellation constellation = service.findConstellationByCode(code);
		for (ConstellationName name : constellation.getNames()) {
			name.toString();
		}
		return new ModelAndView("xmlView", BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX
				+ "constellations", constellation);
	}

	@RequestMapping("/constellations_by_search/{search}")
	public ModelAndView findConstellationByCodeOrName(
			@PathVariable String search) {
		return new ModelAndView("xmlView", BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX
				+ "constellations",
				service.findAllConstellationByCodeOrName(search));
	}
}

ConstellationServiceController.java

@Controller
public class ConstellationServiceController {
 
@Inject
private ConstellationService service;
 
@RequestMapping(value = "/constellations")
public ModelAndView getAllConstellations() {
  List<Constellation> constellations = service.findAllConstellations();
  ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("xmlView",
    BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX + "constellations", constellations);
  return mav;
}
 
@RequestMapping("/constellation_by_code/{code}")
public ModelAndView findConstellationByCode(@PathVariable String code) {
  Constellation constellation = service.findConstellationByCode(code);
  return new ModelAndView("xmlView", BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX
     + "constellations", constellation);
}
 
@RequestMapping("/constellations_by_search/{search}")
public ModelAndView findConstellationByCodeOrName
                                    @PathVariable String search) {
  return new ModelAndView("xmlView", BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX
            + "constellations", service.findAllConstellationByCodeOrName(search));
}

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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>org.agilebackoffice.wafe</groupId>
	<artifactId>wafe</artifactId>
	<name>WAFE</name>
	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<packaging>pom</packaging>
	<modules>
		<module>wafe-backend</module>
		<module>wafe-importer</module>
		<module>wafe-ui-wicket</module>
    </modules>

	<url>https://thorque@github.com/thorque/wafe.git</url>
	<issueManagement>
		<system>PivotalTracker</system>
		<url>https://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/362513</url>
	</issueManagement>
	<inceptionYear>2011</inceptionYear>
	<scm>
		<developerConnection>ssh://git@github.com:thorque/wafe.git</developerConnection>
		<tag>master</tag>
		<connection>ssh://git@github.com:thorque/wafe.git</connection>
		<url>https://thorque@github.com/thorque/wafe.git</url>
	</scm>
	<organization>
		<name>Agile BackOffice</name>
		<url>http://www.agilebackoffice.org/</url>
	</organization>

    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>integration-test</id>
            <modules>
                <module>wafe-it</module>
            </modules>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
    <build>
    	<pluginManagement>
    		<plugins>
    			<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
    			<plugin>
    				<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
    				<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
    				<version>1.0.0</version>
    				<configuration>
    					<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
    						<pluginExecutions>
    							<pluginExecution>
    								<pluginExecutionFilter>
    									<groupId>
    										org.codehaus.gmaven
    									</groupId>
    									<artifactId>
    										gmaven-plugin
    									</artifactId>
    									<versionRange>
    										[1.3,)
    									</versionRange>
    									<goals>
    										<goal>testCompile</goal>
    									</goals>
    								</pluginExecutionFilter>
    								<action>
    									<ignore></ignore>
    								</action>
    							</pluginExecution>
    						</pluginExecutions>
    					</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
    				</configuration>
    			</plugin>
    		</plugins>
    	</pluginManagement>
    </build>
</project>

RequestMapping1.java

@RequestMapping(value = "/constellations")
public ModelAndView getAllConstellations() {}

RequestMapping2.java

@RequestMapping("/constellation_by_code/{code}")
public ModelAndView findConstellationByCode(@PathVariable String code) {}

result.xml

<constallation>
  <id>4</id>
  <name>Andromeda</name>
  <code>and</code>
  ...
  <names>
    <id>19</id>
    <name>Andromeda</name>
    <langCode>de</langCode>
    <code>and</code>
  </names>
  <names>
    <id>20</id>
    <name>Andromeda</name>
    <langCode>en</langCode>
    <code>and</code>
  </names>
  ...
</constellation>

rpc-context.xml

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.BeanNameViewResolver" />
 
<bean id="xstreamMarshaller" class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller"
p:autodetectAnnotations="true" />
 
<bean id="xmlView" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml.MarshallingView"
      p:contentType="application/xml">
      <constructor-arg ref="xstreamMarshaller" />
</bean>
 
<bean id="jsonView" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJacksonJsonView" />
 
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
  <property name="mediaTypes">
    <map>
      <entry key="json" value="application/json" />
      <entry key="xml" value="application/xml" />
    </map>
  </property>
  <property name="defaultViews">
    <list>
      <ref bean="jsonView" />
      <ref bean="xmlView" />
    </list>
  </property>
  <property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="true" />
</bean>

Service.java

@Service
public class Service{
...
}

web.xml

<web-app>
  <context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>/WEB-INF/rpc-servlet.xml</param-value>
  </context-param>
 
  <listener>
    <listener-class>
      org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
    </listener-class>
  </listener>
 
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>rpc</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
 
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>rpc</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/rpc/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>