ever wondered what <mvc:mvc:annotation-driven/> actually generates

app-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:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd">
  <!--
      <mvc:annotation-driven />
   -->

  <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping"/>

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

  <!-- include if you have a validator framework present ( HibernateValidator 4+) -->
  <!--<bean id="validator" class="org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean"/>-->

  <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
    <property name="webBindingInitializer">
      <bean class="org.springframework.web.bind.support.ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer">
        <property name="conversionService" ref="conversionService"/>
        <!--<property name="validator" ref="validator"/>-->
      </bean>
    </property>
    <property name="messageConverters">
      <list>
        <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter"/>
        <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.StringHttpMessageConverter">
          <property name="writeAcceptCharset" value="false"/>
        </bean>
        <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.ResourceHttpMessageConverter"/>
        <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.SourceHttpMessageConverter"/>
        <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.XmlAwareFormHttpMessageConverter"/>
        <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter"/>
        <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter"/>
        <!-- if you have rome present -->
        <!--<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.feed.AtomFeedHttpMessageConverter"/>-->
        <!--<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.feed.RssChannelHttpMessageConverter"/>-->
      </list>
    </property>
  </bean>

  <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.MappedInterceptor">
    <constructor-arg index="0"><null/></constructor-arg>
    <constructor-arg index="1" type="org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerInterceptor">
      <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.ConversionServiceExposingInterceptor">
           <constructor-arg index="0" ref="conversionService"/>
      </bean>
    </constructor-arg>
  </bean>

</beans>