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package org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;

/**
 * Adding this annotation to an {@code @Configuration} class imports the Spring MVC
 * configuration from {@link WebMvcConfigurationSupport}, e.g.:
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * &#064;Configuration
 * &#064;EnableWebMvc
 * &#064;ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = { MyConfiguration.class })
 * public class MyWebConfiguration {
 *
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>To customize the imported configuration, implement the interface
 * {@link WebMvcConfigurer} or more likely extend the empty method base class
 * {@link WebMvcConfigurerAdapter} and override individual methods, e.g.:
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * &#064;Configuration
 * &#064;EnableWebMvc
 * &#064;ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = { MyConfiguration.class })
 * public class MyConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 *
 * 	&#064;Override
 * 	public void addFormatters(FormatterRegistry formatterRegistry) {
 * 		formatterRegistry.addConverter(new MyConverter());
 * 	}
 *
 * 	&#064;Override
 * 	public void configureMessageConverters(List&lt;HttpMessageConverter&lt;?&gt;&gt; converters) {
 * 		converters.add(new MyHttpMessageConverter());
 * 	}
 *
 * 	// More overridden methods ...
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>If {@link WebMvcConfigurer} does not expose some advanced setting that
 * needs to be configured, consider removing the {@code @EnableWebMvc}
 * annotation and extending directly from {@link WebMvcConfigurationSupport}
 * or {@link DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration}, e.g.:
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * &#064;Configuration
 * &#064;ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = { MyConfiguration.class })
 * public class MyConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {
 *
 * 	&#064;Override
 *	public void addFormatters(FormatterRegistry formatterRegistry) {
 *		formatterRegistry.addConverter(new MyConverter());
 *	}
 *
 *	&#064;Bean
 *	public RequestMappingHandlerAdapter requestMappingHandlerAdapter() {
 *		// Create or delegate to "super" to create and
 *		// customize properties of RequestMapingHandlerAdapter
 *	}
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 3.1
 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer
 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter
 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport
 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Documented
@Import(DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration.class)
public @interface EnableWebMvc {
}
