Spring XML MappingConverter

gistfile1.java

public final class MappingConverters {

    private static class SelfDocClassAliasingMapper extends MapperWrapper {

        public SelfDocClassAliasingMapper(Mapper wrapped) {
            super(wrapped);
        }

        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
        @Override
        public String serializedClass(Class type) {
            return type.getSimpleName();
        }
    }

    public static HttpMessageConverter<Object> createXmlHttpMessageConverter() {
        XStreamMarshaller xstreamMarshaller = new XStreamMarshaller();
        xstreamMarshaller.setMapperWrappers(SelfDocClassAliasingMapper.class);

        MarshallingHttpMessageConverter xmlConverter = new MarshallingHttpMessageConverter();
        xmlConverter.setMarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
        xmlConverter.setUnmarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);

        return xmlConverter;
    }

}