View layer for REST-based Web Services

[rafeco]

What is the preferred view layer for REST web services implemented using Spring MVC? I sort of hacked it to use a servlet that generates XML as the view layer in one application, but there are some problems with that approach that I'm having trouble recalling right now.

Is there a better way? Does it make sense to generate XML using JSP?

[Rod Johnson]

I haven't looked closely at REST, but hopefully you would need only to implement your own View. What about using Spring's XML
View superclasses?

Does it make sense to generate XML using JSP?

No IMO.

[rafeco]

Sounds perfect, which classes are those?

(I've been looking through the javadoc and I can't find anything that's obviously a superclass for an XML view.)

[rafeco]

Never mind, I assume you're talking about AbstractView or InternalResourceView.