this demonstrates how to setup Spring MVC with the absolute basic minimum requirements using Spring MVC 3.1+-style java configuration

basic-springmvc-configuration

package org.springsource.examples.spring31.web.config;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.*;

@Configuration
@EnableWebMvc
public class WebMvcConfiguration  {
   
}